Researchers confirm new cancer-causing virus

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 10:31 in Biology & Nature

An important new study from the Laboratory for Developmental Genetics at USC has confirmed cytomegalovirus (CMV) as a cause of the most common salivary gland cancers. CMV joins a group of fewer than 10 identified oncoviruses — cancer-causing viruses — including HPV.

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