Dah! That should be the first approach as it seems quite obvious and probably not difficult at all as the virus doesn't do any harm to the individual. Of course it may also be the one that causes the drug companies to make the least money be far. Is there anything we all can do to not let this get deep sixed by the drug companies and their henchmen?
Mad scientist ping.
Remember that nutria were imported to eat all the water lillies which were thought to be harmless until they clogged up rivers and lakes. Now the nutrias take their rest in burrowed levees shaded by kudzu vines with their only enemy the infestation of fire ants.
Not to worry, however, it was reported that a Texas Aggie biologist is experimenting with bringing in the only known natural enemy of fire ants—a rare Brazilian gnat that kills them by biting the back of their neck and sucking their brains out. (I’m not making this up}
A virus that kills cells shouldn’t be a problem. Bring it on.
If it regularly infects humans why are there not more spontaneous remissions of at least a small kind. The quest it seems would be to grow it independently and fuse it ongoingly into the body at a rate that the body cannot overcome it until the cancer is gone and according to the article that should not take too much time.
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Isn’t this the opening scenario for the movie “I Am Legend”?
I believe AAAV2 is a common cold virus which is being used in tests as the delivery vehicle for gene therapy. As to its curing cancer, many things may kill cancer cells in a petrie dish. Think gasoline perhaps. Introducing the substance as a cure for cancer actually present throughout the human body is another matter.
Using viruses to kill cancer has been a promising research area for years. I don’t think any treatments have as yet succeeded.
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Interesting!
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