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Comprehensive metagenomic analysis of glioblastoma reveals absence of known virus despite antiviral‐like type I interferon gene response
17 Dec 2013
Abstract excerpt
Glioblastoma is a deadly malignant brain tumor and one of the most incurable forms of cancer in need of new therapeutic targets. As some cancers are known to be caused by a virus, the discovery of viruses could open the possibility to treat, and perhaps prevent, such a disease. Although an association with viruses such as cytomegalovirus or Simian virus 40 has been strongly suggested, involvement of these and...
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