Human Oncogenic Viruses: Nature and Discovery

This is the annual George Khoury Lecture. Speaker Yuan Chang, M.D., University of Pittsburgh, performs basic and applied research on viral oncogenesis with efforts focused in the following three areas. Merkel cell carcinoma and Merkel cell polyomavirus: We recently discovered a new human polyomavirus, that we call Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV). This virus is etiologically associated with a rare, but one of the most clinically aggressive skin cancers in humans. We are currently involved in the primary characteristics of this virus including transcript mapping, transforming properties, origin replication, transmission, and seroepidemiologic studies.For more information go tohttps://oir.nih.gov/walsAir date: 5/12/2021 3:00:00 PM
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