Bob
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Here's an interesting article saying that there is a 50% reduction in the incidence of breast and prostate cancer in people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy.
Letter to the Lancet:
Mouse viruses and human disease
Alexandre FR Stewart, D William Cameron
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(11)70082-2/fulltext#
Extra info from the article:
"Researchers from several laboratories have identified DNA sequences highly homologous to the mouse mammary tumour virus (MMTV; a betaretrovirus of mice) in about 40% of human breast cancer specimens"
It's interesting that 40% is the same proportion in which they are finding XMRV in prostate cancer patients.
Letter to the Lancet:
Mouse viruses and human disease
Alexandre FR Stewart, D William Cameron
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(11)70082-2/fulltext#
Extra info from the article:
"Researchers from several laboratories have identified DNA sequences highly homologous to the mouse mammary tumour virus (MMTV; a betaretrovirus of mice) in about 40% of human breast cancer specimens"
It's interesting that 40% is the same proportion in which they are finding XMRV in prostate cancer patients.