Virus Kills Breast Cancer In Days!

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/09/...-breast-cancer-within-seven-days/#.Tn21KGVZrb

Scientists discover virus that kills all types of breast cancer ‘within seven days’

Scientists at the Penn State College of Medicine said this week they have discovered a virus that is capable of killing all types of breast cancer "within seven days" of first introduction in a laboratory setting.

The virus, known as adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV2), is naturally occurring and carried by up to 80 percent of humans, but it does not cause any disease.

Researchers learned of its cancer-killing properties in 2005, after Penn State scientists observed it killing cervical cancer cells. They also found that women who carried the AAV2 virus and human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer, had a lower propensity to develop cervical cancer.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/09/...-breast-cancer-within-seven-days/#.Tn21KGVZrb


Scientists discover virus that kills all types of breast cancer ‘within seven days’

Scientists at the Penn State College of Medicine said this week they have discovered a virus that is capable of killing all types of breast cancer "within seven days" of first introduction in a laboratory setting.

The virus, known as adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV2), is naturally occurring and carried by up to 80 percent of humans, but it does not cause any disease.

Researchers learned of its cancer-killing properties in 2005, after Penn State scientists observed it killing cervical cancer cells. They also found that women who carried the AAV2 virus and human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer, had a lower propensity to develop cervical cancer.

More at link...

It seems odd that there is evidence that a virus can cause breast cancer and potentially another can cure it.

Scientists from the University of New South Wales and the Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick, New South Wales have been carrying out research into the possibility of a breast cancer virus for sometime. Caroline Ford, a PhD student from the University presented an overview of their findings at the Fresh Science Forum in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday 17th August.
Their research has focused on a virus called HHMMTV (human homologue of mouse mammary tumour virus), a form of MMTV (mouse mammary tumour virus), which causes more than 95 per cent of breast cancer in mice.
During the year 2000 they set out to discover how common the virus is in the Australian population. Normal breast tissue samples were obtained from people having cosmetic surgery and were compared with breast tissue samples of breast cancer patients. They discovered that 42 per cent of Australian breast cancer samples tested positive for the virus, compared to only 2 per cent of normal breast tissue samples. Since then the researchers have also shown that the virus appears to be associated with severe forms of breast cancer and is only found in the cancerous areas of the breast tissue, not in the surrounding healthy breast tissue.

http://www.bupa.co.uk/individuals/health-information/health-news-index/2003/hi-260803-breastvirus

 

[Damocles]

It's a conspiracy, man.

 

[Rune]

Regardless, this is wonderful news.