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Cancer, infection and immunity: a personal homage to Jan Svoboda.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15373340     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Jan Svoboda has had an extraordinary influence on my research. Following our first meeting in 1967, he encouraged me to pursue my tentative evidence for the existence of endogenous retroviruses latent in normal cells. He introduced me to the Czech scientists, Pavel Veselý and Jan Závada, with whom I collaborated fruitfully on the transformed cell phenotype and on virus pseudotypes, respectively. Through my brief training in his laboratory in Prague I gained a breadth and depth of analysis in virology, immunology and oncology that helped me subsequently to tackle problems in AIDS and AIDS-associated malignancy at the levels of both cell biology and epidemiology.
Authors:
R A Weiss
Publication Detail:
Type:  Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Folia biologica     Volume:  50     ISSN:  0015-5500     ISO Abbreviation:  Folia Biol. (Praha)     Publication Date:  2004  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-09-17     Completed Date:  2005-01-26     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0234640     Medline TA:  Folia Biol (Praha)     Country:  Czech Republic    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  78-86     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, United Kingdom. r.weiss@ucl.ac.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cell Transformation, Viral
Czechoslovakia
HIV Infections / immunology,  virology
History, 20th Century
Humans
Immunity
Retroviridae Infections / history,  immunology,  virology
Tumor Virus Infections / history*,  immunology,  virology
Virology / history*
Personal Name Subject
Personal Name Subject:
Jan Svoboda

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