Prof Alan Rickinson
School of Cancer Sciences
University of Birmingham
Birmingham
Understanding viruses that cause cancer
Professor Alan Rickinson is a world expert on the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). This virus is linked to certain types of cancer including Hodgkin's lymphoma and Burkitt's lymphoma - cancers that arise from cells of the immune system.
Professor Rickinson is studying how EBV infection affects the development of these cancers and is using this information to develop new treatments.
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