Virus Found in Prostate Cancer Patients

Virus Found in Prostate Cancer Patients
University of California, San Francisco researcher Joe DeRisi holds up
a "gene chip" that contains 20,000 snippets of vital genetic material from
every known virus, in his office in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006.
On Friday, Feb. 24, 2006, researchers at the UCSF and the Cleveland Clinic
plan to announce they had found a virus never before seen in humans in
cancerous prostates removed from men with a certain genetic defect. (AP
Photo/Paul Sakuma)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)
In a surprising discovery, researchers said Friday they had found a virus in
some prostate cancer patients, a finding that opens new research avenues in
the most common major cancer among men in the United States. The virus,
closely related to one previously seen only in mice, was found in cancerous
prostates removed from men with a certain genetic defect. The researchers,
with the University of California, San Francisco and the Cleveland Clinic,
warn that they have not discovered any links between the virus and prostate
cancer, but they were nonetheless excited about prospects for future
research.


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