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UK, Dec 4: UK researchers have identified a common childhood virus that may trigger DNA damage and increase the risk of bladder cancer in adulthood. The discovery, made by scientists at the University of York and published in Science Advances, highlights the BK virus a silent infection that typically remains dormant in the kidneys after childhood.

The BK virus usually shows no visible symptoms, but doctors have closely studied it through cases involving kidney transplant patients, who take immunosuppressants that can reactivate the virus. Researchers recreated similar conditions in laboratory studies using human urinary tract tissue, where they observed a concerning defense response from the body.

According to the team, enzymes deployed by the body to dest

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