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Newfound protein may prevent viral infection and herpes-induced cancer

In In The News by Barbara Jacoby

Provided by: University of Southern California From: phys.org Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers have identified a human protein that could prevent cancer by restricting a type of herpes virus from replicating. The scientists examined the human herpes virus 8, otherwise known as Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. Kaposi sarcoma is a cancer that causes lesions in soft tissue, including skin, …