An international team have mapped how the HTLV-1 virus causes a rare leukemia in some people, providing clues on how to stop it happening. The team, led by Imperial College London and Kumamoto ...

In some cases, viruses have been linked to cancer. For example, HPV, which is now preventable with a vaccine, can lead to some types of cancer, Epstein-Barr virus has also been connected to the ...

An international team led by scientists from the Imperial College London and Kumamoto University, Japan, has mapped how the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) causes a rare form of ...

Scientists say they have discovered new clues for how Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) causes a rare type of leukaemia. The team, led by Imperial College London and Kumamoto University in ...

In a new study, clinicians from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) describe that horizontal transmission route is responsible for HTLV-1 associated disease, i.e. HTLV-1 uveitis. The clinicians ...

Around 10 million people globally live with the life-threatening virus HTLV-1. Yet it remains a poorly understood disease that currently has no preventative treatments and no cure. But a landmark ...