For the first time, researchers have managed to detect and track in wastewater all the main viruses associated with the development of tumours. A discovery that could open up new prospects for prevention, health surveillance and monitoring of oncogenic infections in the population.
The study, coordinated by Anthony Maresso and Justin Clark of the Baylor College of Medicine and published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, was carried out in collaboration with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
