The other major complication of HTLV-1 is a rare type of cancer: adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL). It’s estimated that ...

Researchers at Kumamoto University have identified a silencer element in the HTLV-1 genome that enables the virus to remain dormant by recruiting the host’s RUNX1 transcription factor. Removing this ...

Scientists in Japan have discovered a genetic "silencer" within the HTLV-1 virus that helps it stay hidden in the body, evading the immune system for decades. This silencer element essentially turns ...

A research team from Kumamoto University has made a new discovery that reveals how the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 ...

A long overdue investigation into elevated cancer rates among residents living near a former wood treatment plant in ...

Breakthrough study shows HIV PrEP drugs and MCL-1 inhibitors may prevent and treat HTLV-1c, a deadly retrovirus with limited ...

A virus gave a man an aggressive blood cancer. Philadelphia doctors want people to know about it. A Jefferson patient died from a cancer caused by HTLV-1, a little-known virus first discovered in 1979 ...

A research team from Kumamoto University has made a groundbreaking discovery that reveals how the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) silently ...