Is EBV virus the cause of cancer?

A recent study by scientists at the University of North Carolina (USA) found after cells infected with Herpes virus (EBV) will produce extracellular fluid, thereby altering proteins and RNA in cells. .

EBV virus. (Artwork: internet)

The extracellular fluid pouches that enter the healthy cells can alter the healthy growth of cells and develop into uncontrolled cancer cells.

EBV is not completely destroyed by the immune system, it seems that every person in the life is infected with EBV virus. EBV infection rarely causes illness, but EBV virus appears in some major cancers including lymphoma and throat cancer.

EBV viral proteins have " stolen " the mechanism of cell growth control, leading to uncontrolled cell growth, leading to cancer.

Scientists say the protein is an EBV virus-causing gene. Through the extracellular vesicles, EBV viral proteins will invade cells that have not been infected with EBV. In addition, the EBV virus also radically alters the compound in the extracellular fluid and can activate cancer proteins in the process of transfer between cells. Through this method, infected cells can affect and control other cells throughout the human body.

According to scientists, the extracellular fluid is similar to the Trojan virus, EBV virus through Trojans can even control cells that have not been infected with EBV virus.

However, it is important that the production of extracellular fluid can provide a new " standard " for cancer treatment. Blocking the growth of extracellular fluid helps the scientific community control the development of cancer.

The next step, the scientists will focus on determining which proteins have been selected to enter the extracellular fluid, how the virus controls these proteins and how to inhibit this process. .