Study Finds No Evidence of Common Herpes Type Virus in Aggressive Brain Cancer Tissue
February 28, 2017
February 28, 2017
BALTIMORE, Feb. 28 -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release:
In a rigorous study of tumor tissue collected from 125 patients with aggressive brain cancers, researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have found no evidence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and conclude that a link between the two diseases, as claimed by earlier reports, likely does not exist.
The Johns Hopkins team cautioned that studies to confirm this finding are needed to absolutely . . .
In a rigorous study of tumor tissue collected from 125 patients with aggressive brain cancers, researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have found no evidence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and conclude that a link between the two diseases, as claimed by earlier reports, likely does not exist.
The Johns Hopkins team cautioned that studies to confirm this finding are needed to absolutely . . .