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Development Of A Model For Adult T Cell Leukemia In Htlv-1 Infected Humanized Mice, Matthew Smith, Dr. Brad Berges
Development Of A Model For Adult T Cell Leukemia In Htlv-1 Infected Humanized Mice, Matthew Smith, Dr. Brad Berges
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Millions of people in the world are infected with human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1). As the name states, this virus attacks the T cells of the infected organism. Though many of these individuals will remain asymptomatic throughout life, a small percentage will develop adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), a rare and understudied form of cancer. The latency period, or amount of time between infection and detection of cancer, is generally 20-40 years before infected patients begin developing cancer.