- New Cancer-Causing Virus Discovered By Scientists http://www.doctortipster.com/6788-new-cancer-causing-virus-confirmed-by-scientists.html 16 comments science
- Research has uncovered a mechanism one cancer-causing virus uses to evade immune-system responses that would normally trigger antiviral responses and virus suppression https://news.fsu.edu/news/health-medicine/2022/08/24/fsu-biologists-discover-how-cancer-causing-virus-avoids-triggering-immune-system-response/ 18 comments science
- HPV vaccine has significantly cut rates of cancer-causing infections: Countries with vaccination programmes are lowering the rate of virus infection, precancerous lesions and genital warts in girls and women. Boys and men are benefiting too, even when they aren’t vaccinated. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2207722-hpv-vaccine-has-significantly-cut-rates-of-cancer-causing-infections/ 4 comments worldnews
- Study Ties Poor Oral Health to Cancer-Causing Virus "The new study is the first to document a link between the infection and poor oral health, but other experts noted that the research found only an association and relied mostly on self-reported data about oral health" http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/study-ties-poor-oral-hygiene-to-cancer-causing-virus/ 4 comments science
- 16% of Cancers Are Caused by Viruses or Bacteria http://www.dailymirrors.com/16-cancers-caused-viruses-bacteria/ 40 comments science
- Human cancers (≥20% of them) are caused by viruses! http://hivskeptic.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/human-cancers-%E2%89%A520-of-them-are-caused-by-viruses/ 4 comments reddit.com
- This scientist is willing to bet that more than 80 percent of all human cancer is caused by viruses. http://discovermagazine.com/2009/new-science-of-health/big-idea-beat-cancer-cut-health-care-costs-80-percent/ 57 comments science
- Oral Sex May Cause Virus-Linked Cancer http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-03/oral-sex-may-cause-virus-linked-throat-cancer-in-men-study.html 3 comments reddit.com
- Certain cancers may be caused by the immune system trying to fight off viruses http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/cancer-onset-may-be-caused-by-immune-system-fighting-viruses/81254851 12 comments science
- Just a moment...The prevailing theory of cancer's cause is that it is a genetic disease. However, there are other theories, one of which is that cancer is caused by viruses. This paper discusses how ancient genes affected our DNA to cause cancer today. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado1218 21 comments science
- Some cancers can produce virus-like proteins that kick-start out-of-control immune reactions, according to a new study. These rare cancer complications can lead to memory loss and cognitive deficits caused by the immune system attacking the brain. https://www.technologynetworks.com/cancer-research/news/virus-like-brain-protein-may-explain-cancer-induced-memory-loss-383373 14 comments science
- An enzyme (called APOBEC3G) that defends human cells against viruses can help drive cancer evolution towards greater malignancy by causing myriad mutations in cancer, this suggests that the enzyme may be a potential target for future cancer treatments https://news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2022/12/enzyme-that-protects-against-viruses-could-fuel-cancer-evolution 6 comments science
- Cancer Drug Shows Potent Activity in the Lab Against SARS-CoV-2, Including B.1.1.7 Variant. Plitidepsin (Aplidin), a drug approved by the Australian Regulatory Agency for the treatment of multiple myeloma, has potent antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2021/01/419686/cancer-drug-shows-potent-activity-lab-against-sars-cov-2-including-b117-variant 8 comments science
- Cancer cells cause inflammation to protect themselves from oncolytic viruses that are harmful to tumours but not to healthy cells. These findings could lead to improved viral treatments for the disease. https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2020-06-01_cancer-cells-cause-inflammation-to-protect-themselves-from-viruses 4 comments science
- Globally, 12% of cancers are caused by infectious disease. Of these, more than 90% are due to the bacterium H. pylori (which also causes ulcers) and the viruses HPV and Hepatitis B and C. The good news is that such infections, and hence the cancers they cause, are largely preventable or treatable. https://www.acsh.org/news/2020/01/06/globally-12-cancers-are-due-infectious-disease-14489 9 comments science
- HPV virus causes rise in throat cancer.Throat cancer is still relatively rare, and though it is not an epidemic, the rate of increase is alarming. https://sciencegymnasium.net/hpv-virus-causes-rise-in-throat-cancer/ 3 comments science
- A remarkable recent increase in the diagnosis of vocal-cord cancer in young adults who are non-smokers appears to be the result of infection with strains of human papilloma virus (HPV) that also cause cervical cancer and other malignancies, suggests a new study. https://www.massgeneral.org/about/pressrelease.aspx?id=2354 74 comments science
- More girls to get free HPV shots as Hong Kong expands vaccination scheme: The fund will now provide free HPV – for human papilloma virus, which causes cervical cancer – vaccines to girls aged nine to 18 from families benefiting from the Working Family Allowance Scheme. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2140051/more-girls-get-free-hpv-shots-hong-kong-expands 199 comments worldnews
- Scientists have created artificial viruses that can be used to target cancer. These designer viruses alert the immune system and cause it to send killer cells to help fight the tumor. The results, published Nature Communications, provide a basis for innovative cancer treatments. http://www.unige.ch/communication/communiques/en/2017/cdp260517/ 1657 comments science
- HPV, a sexually transmitted virus, can cause deadly cervical cancer and head/neck cancer. In Australia, a public health campaign which gave HPV vaccines to girls and women for free has dramatically reduced the prevalence of HPV in the public, even among men who were never vaccinated. http://acsh.org/news/2017/03/11/hpv-prevalence-falling-unvaccinated-men-herd-immunity-action-10983 199 comments science
- For the first time, EU regulators have recommended approval for a viral immunotherapy drug. The drug uses a modified Herpes simplex virus (cold sores) that only infects melanoma cancer cells, causing them to rupture and die. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/23/us-amgen-cancer-europe-iduskcn0sh17520151023 30 comments worldnews
- A genetically-engineered version of a virus that normally causes cold sores shows real promise for treating skin cancer http://www.bbc.com/news/health-32881552 16 comments science
- A genetically-engineered version of a virus that normally causes cold sores shows real promise for treating skin cancer, say researchers. http://www.bbc.com/news/health-32881552 27 comments worldnews
- Science AMA Series: We’re scientists and clinicians studying Epstein Barr Virus, which infects >90% of people (and can cause mono/glandular fever). EBV is also linked to 200,000 cases of cancer each year and we’re developing a vaccine to treat these patients. AUA http://www.fightingebv.org 663 comments science
- Editing HPV's Genes To Kill Cervical Cancer Cells: Researchers have hijacked a defense system normally used by bacteria to fend off viral infections and redirected it against the human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that causes cervical, head and neck, and other cancers http://today.duke.edu/2014/08/crisprhpv 2 comments science
- Virus kills triple negative breast cancer cells, tumor cells in mice: A virus not known to cause disease kills triple-negative breast cancer cells and killed tumors grown from these cells in mice, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. http://news.psu.edu/story/319106/2014/06/24/research/virus-kills-triple-negative-breast-cancer-cells-tumor-cells-mice 13 comments science
- HIV drug used to reverse effects of virus that causes cervical cancer: A commonly-used HIV drug has been shown to kill-off the human papilloma virus (HPV) that leads to cervical cancer in a world-first clinical trial http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=11595 47 comments science
- No serious side effects from HPV vaccine: A study of nearly a million girls in Sweden and Denmark eradicates anxieties about mass vaccinations against the virus that causes cervical cancer. http://sciencenordic.com/no-serious-side-effects-hpv-vaccine 1529 comments science
- Hepatitis B virus, which can cause a variety of serious liver diseases including cancer, originally infected birds way back during the dinosaur era, researchers find as they detect viral remnants in so-called "junk DNA" http://www.scilogs.com/maniraptora/journal-club-ancient-origin-of-hepatitis-b-viruses-revealed-by-dna-fossils-in-bird-genomes/ 2 comments science
- Penn State researchers have discovered a non-disease causing virus which kills all stages of breast cancer in vitro. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/234882.php 660 comments science
- Family is suing a vaccine company for the brain cancer death of their child, because the company used a vaccine that accidentally contained a virus that causes brain cancer and was found in the tumor of their child. http://www.ouralexander.org/index.htm 5 comments science
- Nobel for Harald zur Hausen, for discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer; and for Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier, for discovery of human immunodeficiency virus http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2008/ 24 comments science
- Cervical cancer could be eliminated in England, experts say - Experts say cervical cancer could be eliminated in England through a combination of the vaccine and NHS screening, which will now test every woman for HPV, the virus that causes most cases of the disease. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/20/cervical-cancer-could-be-eliminated-nhs-england 6 comments worldnews