Biomedicina molecular, oncogenes y cáncer humano

This article offers a general introduction to the role played by molecular biology as applied to medical research, in our understanding of cancer. In particular, I review recent work carried out by my research group, as well as by other groups around the world, bearing on the relationship between the alterations in certain cellular genes and the phenomenon of cancer, and the role played by certain viruses in the development of human cancers.