Using a homemade, high-tech laser microscope, scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have revealed how a cancer-causing virus anchors itself to our DNA. This discovery could pave the way for doctors to cure incurable diseases by flushing out viruses, including HPV and Epstein-Barr, that now permanently embed themselves in our cell. Dr Mitchell Smith talks about the microscope he built,  and Dr Dean Kedes talks about the human health implications with WINA’s Les Sinclair.

Laser Microscope. (Image provided by: UVA)