A possible cause – and cure – for genital cancer in horses?
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
The problem of cervical cancer in humans has been considerably reduced by the development of an efficient and cheap vaccine. Horses also suffer from genital cancer but surprisingly we are only now taking the first steps towards learning what causes the disease.New work provides strong evidence that a novel papillomavirus is involved and may thus pave the way for the development of a cure.