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Professor Greg Towers
Professor of Molecular Virology,
Research Department of Infection,
Div of Infection & Immunity
UCL
London, UK Research Activities
HIV
Host factors influencing viral tropism and antiviral innate immunity
Innate Immunity
Retrovirus in gene therapy and xenotransplantation
Transcription and chromatin
The addition of Greg Towers to the roster of speakers is very significant, a marker on where m.e. research is going. Apart from his participation in disproving xmrv and m.e., he has no track record on the disease but said this at the time,
"Towers said it was vital to understand that this latest research did not suggest chronic fatigue syndrome is not caused by a virus of some sort. "We cannot answer that yet," he said. "But we know it is not this virus causing it."
Politically, it should give everyone a morale boost, particularly people in the UK. His affiliations with the Wellcome and University College London locate him squarely in the heart of the British medical/research establishment.
It does suggest some major paradigm shift is in the works. If you recall, during Mady Hornig's lecture at the opening of Nova she ended by quoting an Einstein anecdote where a student remarks that the exam they've just completed has the same questions as last year's. Einstein replies, yes, but this year the
answers are different...
Professor of Molecular Virology,
Research Department of Infection,
Div of Infection & Immunity
UCL
London, UK Research Activities
HIV
Host factors influencing viral tropism and antiviral innate immunity
Innate Immunity
Retrovirus in gene therapy and xenotransplantation
Transcription and chromatin
The addition of Greg Towers to the roster of speakers is very significant, a marker on where m.e. research is going. Apart from his participation in disproving xmrv and m.e., he has no track record on the disease but said this at the time,
"Towers said it was vital to understand that this latest research did not suggest chronic fatigue syndrome is not caused by a virus of some sort. "We cannot answer that yet," he said. "But we know it is not this virus causing it."
Politically, it should give everyone a morale boost, particularly people in the UK. His affiliations with the Wellcome and University College London locate him squarely in the heart of the British medical/research establishment.
It does suggest some major paradigm shift is in the works. If you recall, during Mady Hornig's lecture at the opening of Nova she ended by quoting an Einstein anecdote where a student remarks that the exam they've just completed has the same questions as last year's. Einstein replies, yes, but this year the
answers are different...
