Overview: Includes a foreword by the Nobel laureates J. Michael Bishop and Harold Varmus.Casts new light on the role of viruses and genes in the etiology of human cancer.Discusses the latest developments in HIV.This volume focuses on virus-host cell interactions, cellular genes acquired or modulated by viruses, the pathological effects of these interactions, and therapeutic interventions. Several chapters specifically address the role of viruses and genes – such as oncogenes, proto-oncogenes, or tumor suppressor genes – in the etiology of human cancer. Oncogenic signaling by PI3 kinase, mTOR,
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