Word: papillomas
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...potential of the technique is already being tested by an international research team in the treatment of two children whose hereditary inability to produce the enzyme arginase had resulted in severe mental retardation. The team infected the youngsters with a natural virus, the Shope papilloma, which contains DNA that triggers arginase synthesis. Although the experiment is expected to produce no improvement in the children's mental condition, it may belatedly trigger the production of the missing enzyme and prove that viruses can carry beneficial messages to the cells...