Cancer researchers find key oncoprotein in Merkel cell carcinoma

Monday, August 15, 2011 - 22:30 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have identified the oncoprotein that allows a common and usually harmless virus to transform healthy cells into a rare but deadly skin cancer called merkel cell carcinoma (MCC). Their findings could improve diagnosis for MCC and may help in understanding how other cancers arise.

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