Casual role of infectious agents in cancer: An overview

Causal role of infectious agents in cancer: An overview

Cancer is a complex group of diseases with multiple eventual causes. The underlying causes are not fully known. Thus, learning more about the known causes of cancer is an important issue. Moreover, among these factors, infection and its association to cancers is controversial. Although, it seems that the genome instability of the cells can initiate cancer development. The purpose of this review...

Cancer and Infectious Agents An Overview of Effective Interventions

Newest Targets for Anticonvulsant Agents: An Overview

Epilepsy is a neurological condition characterized by recurrent seizures influencing about 1% of the worldwide population. Despite much progress in understanding the pathogenesis of epilepsy, the molecular basis of human epilepsy still remains unclear. Common approaches for pharmacotherapy of epilepsy are still directed towards controlling the symptoms and suppression of seizures. Clinical use ...

Infectious Agents and Cancer

O1 Development and application of a real time PCR assay for detection and quantification of merkel cell virus (MCV) in archived formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue samples of merkel cell carcinoma and other cancers R Modali, J Goedert, E Engels, LWAyers and K Bhatia Bioserve, Laurel, Maryland, USA National Cancer Institute, IIB, DCEG, Rockville, Maryland, USA The Ohio State University, Colu...

Role of infectious agents in autoimmunity

How infectious agents cause cancer

Dalton-Griffin and Kellam: Journal of Biology 2009, 8:67 Abstract Molecular techniques for identifying pathogens associated with cancer continue to be developed, including one reported recently in BMC Medical Genomics. Identifying a causal infectious agent helps in understanding the biology of these cancers and can lead ultimately to the development of antimicrobial drugs and vaccines for their...