Yes, I do bioinformatics. I worked for several years in a cancer biology lab in a major university. Most viruses contain RNA and we developed a pipeline that maps RNA fragments against thousands of known viral sequences. So yes that's true, we won't find a virus unless we specifically look for it, we just look for all of several thousand known viruses that have been sequenced, in a single analysis pipeline. We did see a variety of cancer viruses in tumor samples. Not just the obvious ones like HPV, SV40, Merkell Cell Polyoma, but quite a few others you wouldn't expect to see, at low levels. The XMRV (xenotropic murine leukemia virus) story is worth checking into.
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I recently read Dr. Judy Mikovitz's book "Plague" about XMRV and wrote 3 articles here about it. I am very glad that I looked into it.
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With non-descript names like CFS, ME, fibromyalgia,and no commercially available diagnostic tests that can be done, establishment doctors always turns to the "its all in your head" diagnosis, and next they reach for the psych meds. It's very sad. Soon I hope broad spectrum pathogen detection will be standard of care, and we'll be able to identify every infection a person has down to the exact strain then begin to treat and prevent these mysterious conditions, and there will be no more covering up the origins and transmission vectors (like vaccines) of viruses.
Nice. I'll have to read that book and your posts. My sense is that there is a cover up going on about the origins of that virus. It's definitely present in some cancer tumors.
Yes, there is a cover-up. Dr. Mikovitz lost her career as a scientist and went to jail for revealing what was happening. The virus was introduced to humans from mice when the first failed polio vaccine was grown on mouse brains and injected into mostly medical staff. They became ill with the first cases of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Brodie POLIO Vaccine contaminated with Mouse RETROVIRUS: First Myalgic Encephalomyelitis OUTBREAK (aka Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) in 1934
I just had a look at some notes, and it's even worse than I recall. Substantial quantities of Xenotropic MuLV-related virus VP62 (NC_007815.1) detected in around 20% of ~ 1700 cancer samples, from a variety of cancers. Not just a few fragments, but thousands, meaning there is an active infection. I actually brought this up to some of the PIs at the time, and they wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole. They knew better.
One of the first things noticed about AIDS patients was that many got cancer -- initially they called it Gay Cancer. XMRV is a retrovirus similar to AIDS except that it doesn't kill quickly -- many people with Chronic Fatigue feel as badly as an AIDS patient during the last 6 months they are dying, except that CFS patients generally live many years. There is also a lot of the same type of cancer among CFS patients similar to the cancers among HIV/AIDS patients. Prostrate Cancer was the first type discovered to sometimes have XMRV.
You would really enjoy reading "Plague" as you already understand the technical science which was harder for me to understand not having your background.
When the immune system is knocked out by AIDS, all kinds of cancer viruses can take hold and any innate immune response to cancerous cells is suppressed. I've always been somewhat leary of CFS, since there are a variety of valid reasons people could feel fatigued. I know i've seen XMRV in prostate tumors though. Will get a copy of that book at the next opportunity.
CFS is greatly misunderstood. It is MUCH MUCH more than being fatigued. The proper name is Myalgic Encephalomyletis. A normal person may fatigue easily, but after rest they are better. With CFS/ME after exertion you get very, very sick and it is hard to recover from. Normally building up exercise little by little makes you stronger bit by bit ... but with CFS/ME you can not do regular exercise or you will never recover.
The CDC has tried its hardest to make people think that it is a psychological issue or mental problem, and that is why Dr. Judy Mikovitz was one of the very few scientists doing serious research into it. These people are suffering greatly.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Caused by a Retrovirus similar to HIV / AIDS? -- Dr. Judy Mikovitz Medical Discovery as told in her book "PLAGUE"