Causing Cancer by Remote Control?

摘要

Add another trick to the sinister repertoires of viruses. For decades, researchers have been pursuing a trail of early clues suggesting that viruses might be culprits in human cancers. Only in a few malignancies have scientists been able to finger a viral suspect, however. Now, a group of researchers may have detected viral fingerprints oh another cancer, a bone marrow tumor called multiple myeloma. But the group has found that in this case, the virus may contribute to tumor growth in a novel way, working behind the scenes like a cellular puppet master.