How leukemia virus stays hidden in the body-and a key to future treatments | NYGazet

A research team from Kumamoto University has made a new discovery that reveals how the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) silently persists in the body. Their finding potentially lays the foundation for new therapeutic approaches. Their study, published in Nature Microbiology, identifies a previously unknown genetic "silencer" element that keeps the virus in a dormant, undetectable state.

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