{"entity":{"id":"zeng-mu-sheng","kind":"person","name":"Mu-Sheng Zeng","aka":[],"tldr":"Virologist who mapped how Epstein-Barr virus drives nasopharyngeal cancer and is developing vaccines against it.","summary":"Mu-Sheng Zeng is Professor and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center in Guangzhou. A virologist, he mapped how Epstein-Barr virus drives nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and his group identified high-risk EBV subtypes linked to the disease and studies how the virus enters cells. His publications include a genome sequencing analysis identifying Epstein-Barr virus subtypes associated with a high risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. He is now developing prophylactic vaccine candidates against EBV, with interests in viral oncology and nasopharyngeal carcinoma biology.","asOf":"2026-09-08","links":[{"label":"Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center","url":"https://www.sysucc.org.cn"},{"label":"PubMed author search","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Zeng%20MS%5BAuthor%5D%20Epstein-Barr%20virus%20nasopharyngeal"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":["head-and-neck"],"sections":[],"technologies":["hpv-vaccine"],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["sysucc"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":["nature-genetics"],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"role":"Professor; Director, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center","institutionId":"sysucc","specialisms":["Epstein-Barr virus","Nasopharyngeal carcinoma biology","Viral oncology","Prophylactic vaccines"],"profiles":[{"label":"Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center","url":"https://www.sysucc.org.cn"},{"label":"PubMed author search","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Zeng%20MS%5BAuthor%5D%20Epstein-Barr%20virus%20nasopharyngeal"}],"papers":[{"title":"Genome sequencing analysis identifies Epstein-Barr virus subtypes associated with high risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma","journal":"Nature Genetics","year":2019,"doi":"10.1038/s41588-019-0436-5"}]},"route":"/people/zeng-mu-sheng/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"head-and-neck","kind":"cancer","name":"Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma","route":"/cancers/head-and-neck/"}],"technology":[{"id":"hpv-vaccine","kind":"technology","name":"HPV & HBV vaccination","route":"/technologies/hpv-vaccine/"}],"institution":[{"id":"sysucc","kind":"institution","name":"Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center","route":"/institutions/sysucc/"}],"journal":[{"id":"nature-genetics","kind":"journal","name":"Nature Genetics","route":"/journals/nature-genetics/"}]}}