SV40, Role in Human Cancer: Featured on ABC's World News Tonight
April 1, 2001
icAendicBC News has brought into primetime the debate currently underway over the apparent connection between simian virus 40 (SV40) and some human cancers, including mesothelioma.
The virus was featured March 12 on the network's World News Tonight,
photo-1According to ABC News, the debate over whether SV40 plays a role in certain cancers began gaining steam a few years ago when in 1994 a team of scientists led by Dr. Michele Carbone of Loyola University Chicago discovered evidence of SV40 in mesothelioma tumor samples. Some 60 labs were able to confirm the findings, though several did not, ABC News reported. …
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