Beta-HPV directly linked to skin cancer in immunocompromised individuals
Originally Published 5 months ago — by National Institutes of Health (NIH) | (.gov)
NIH researchers discovered that beta-HPV can directly cause skin cancer in immunocompromised individuals by integrating into skin cell DNA, as demonstrated in a case where a stem cell transplant cured the patient's recurrent skin cancer, highlighting the virus's role in cancer development when immune response is defective.
