UNC researchers have found similar gene profiles between a herpes virus that affects certain types of monkeys and a human herpes virus that has been linked to a particular form of cancer.
Kaposi's sarcoma is a cancer that, in the past two decades, has been diagnosed in people with the AIDS virus.
Blossom Damania, professor of microbiology and immunology at the UNC School of Medicine and a member of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, led the team of researchers, whose findings have been published in today's Journal of Virology.
Report: New Hepatitis C Therapy More Beneficial
A study -- led by researchers from the UNC School of Medicine -- published in the Sept. 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that a new combination treatment for the most common hepatitis C strain is more beneficial than the standard therapy.
The combination of the oral antiviral medication ribavirin and a new long-acting interferon drug, called peginterferon alfa-2a, has shown fewer side effects than the usual therapy for the most difficult-to-treat strain of hepatitis C, genotype 1.
Home Injuries a Major Cause of Death in U.S.
Researchers from UNC's Home Safety Council found that between 19,000 and 20,000 U.S. residents died accidentally in their homes in 1998, an underestimated figure that could not take into account all poisonings.
