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Journal of Undergraduate Research

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T cell, leukemia, HTLV-1 infected humanized mice

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Life Sciences

Department

Microbiology and Molecular Biology

Abstract

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.

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