![Anindya Duttta, PhD, holds his hands open wide while standing in a white lab coat in his lab.](https://makingofmedicine.virginia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Anindya_Dutta_WEB-351x244.jpg)
HPV Discovery Opens Door to New Cancer Treatments
Anindya Dutta and his colleagues have identified a substance that is essential for the sexually transmitted virus to cause cancer. That discovery could lead to new treatments for HPV cancers.