FRIEND OR FOE? EXPLORING THE ROLE OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (HCMV) INFECTION IN HEAD AND NECK TUMORS

Although not regarded as an oncogenic pathogen, the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) has been Hand Balm associated with a wide array of malignancies.Conversely, a number of studies report on possible anti-tumor properties of the virus, apparently mediated via HCMV-galvanized T-cell tumor killing; these were recently being investigated in clinical trial

Traditional approaches to assess the immune response of chickens to infection are through animal trials, which are expensive, require enhanced biosecurity, compromise welfare, and are frequently influenced by confounding variables.Since the chicken embryo becomes immunocompetent prior to hatch, we here characterized the transcriptional response of