New mechanism to protect from Cancer identified
For the first time, Researchers have identified a new innate immunity pathway that protects mammals from viral oncogenesis, the process by which viruses cause normal cells to become cancerous. More than 20 per cent of human cancers - as well as a number of other diseases are linked to chronic viral infections. Researchers studied the genes involved in this cellular recycling process and their roles in cancer, ageing, infections, and neuro-degenerative diseases.