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Ka-Wei Tang at SCC seeks answers about a cancer virus almost everyone has

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As a physician in clinical microbiology with research time at Sahlgrenska Cancer Center and in the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine (WCMTM), Ka-Wei Tang is investigating a potential Achilles heel of the Epstein-Barr virus. If the hypothesis holds true, the research may eventually lead to a new cancer treatment.

Ka-Wei Tang, newly established research group leader at Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, researches on how viruses can cause cancer. He works primarily with a research hypothesis that could lead to a new strategy for treating cancer that is linked to the common Epstein-Barr virus.

Read the full research portrait about Ka-Wei Tang at Akademiliv.

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