Abstract
An increasing number of scientific reports have described evidence for a polyomavirus, simian virus 40, in a highly select group of human tumours. How did a simian virus infect humans and is the virus a passenger in tumours or is it important in their pathogenesis?
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Adi Gazdar's work was supported by a grant from the Early Detection Research Network and the National Cancer Institute. Michele Carbone's work was supproted by grants from the National Cancer Institute and American Cancer Society.
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Gazdar, A., Butel, J. & Carbone, M. SV40 and human tumours: myth, association or causality?. Nat Rev Cancer 2, 957–964 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrc947
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