Disease Markers Takes on SV40 Controversy

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photo-5Disease Markers played the role of forum recently for four author-researchers pleading their cases for further involvement by the National Institutes of Health into whether simian virus 40 (SV40) causes certain rare human cancers, including mesothelioma.

Three scientific reviews featuring the current status of SV40 research graced the pages of the December issue of the Netherlands-based medical journal. Included in the issue were articles by Dr. Janet Butel of the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Dr. Robert Garcea of the University of Colorado School …