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Dr. Lipkin’s team were working on 139 different virus projects. It was, in other words, a fairly typical day.
“We get 10,000 samples a year easily,” Dr. Lipkin said. “We’ve discovered at least 400 new viruses since I came to Columbia in 2002, and the process is accelerating.”
But 14 out of the 100,000 sequences belonged to a new virus infecting all the women, which has been called the Dandenong virus after the hospital where the transplants took place.
Viruses dont have to cause such horrific symptoms to have a major effect on peoples health. A number of studies indicate children are at higher risk of schizophrenia and autism if their mothers were infected by viruses during their pregnancy.
We think there may be a huge range of viruses involved, said Mady Hornig, an epidemiologist at the Center for Infection and Immunity
A decade ago, for example, a British physician, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, claimed that vaccines against measles, mumps and rubella were linked to autism. One possibility he raised was that the live measles in the vaccines created inflammation in the intestines, allowing toxins or even viruses to move to the brain. One piece of evidence Dr. Wakefield and his colleagues offered was the finding that autistic children with intestinal disorders had high levels of measles viruses in their intestines.
Dr. Lipkin decided to test the claim in a different way, by looking for the viruses themselves. Teaming up with some of Dr. Wakefield’s original collaborators, he found no difference in the levels of measles viruses in the intestines of autistic and normal children with gastrointestinal disorders.
“There isn’t anybody any better at this than Ian Lipkin,” said Dr. Fauci. “If he can’t find it, it probably doesn’t exist.”
Dr Lipkin is a star and it's great to have him working on this. But Dr Fauci worries me.This guy knows viruses!
That's the second person who's said something like that this week, and it really bothers me because it sounds like they're saying this is the make-or-break study. If Dr Lipkin doesn't find it, I would hope it would simply lead them to try to determine why some studies find it and others don't, but I'm afraid if it looks like if he doesn't find it they'll call off the hunt. Nail-biting stuff.There isnt anybody any better at this than Ian Lipkin, said Dr. Fauci. If he cant find it, it probably doesnt exist.
But viruses in the intestines of autistic children are not causing autism
Glad to see that I'm not the only one concerned by this statement and the potential innuendo that it could mean. I hope that this isn't a case of dragging things out then plop out the announcement that nothing was found. And go back to normal operating procedure of the past three decades.“There isn’t anybody any better at this than Ian Lipkin,” said Dr. Fauci. “If he can’t find it, it probably doesn’t exist.”
But viruses in the intestines of autistic children are not causing autism
A decade ago, for example, a British physician, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, claimed that vaccines against measles, mumps and rubella were linked to autism. One possibility he raised was that the live measles in the vaccines created inflammation in the intestines, allowing toxins or even viruses to move to the brain. One piece of evidence Dr. Wakefield and his colleagues offered was the finding that autistic children with intestinal disorders had high levels of measles viruses in their intestines.
Dr. Lipkin decided to test the claim in a different way, by looking for the viruses themselves. Teaming up with some of Dr. Wakefield’s original collaborators, he found no difference in the levels of measles viruses in the intestines of autistic and normal children with gastrointestinal disorders.
Dr Lipkin is a star and it's great to have him working on this. But Dr Fauci worries me.
That's the second person who's said something like that this week, and it really bothers me because it sounds like they're saying this is the make-or-break study. If Dr Lipkin doesn't find it, I would hope it would simply lead them to try to determine why some studies find it and others don't, but I'm afraid if it looks like if he doesn't find it they'll call off the hunt. Nail-biting stuff.
I hope to see Zimmer follow up with profiles on Mikovits, Singh, and Sandra Ruscetti --The Women from Whom XMRV Couldn't Hide.
Oh, now look what you've gone and done. Just when we'd gotten the boys all calmed down from their last bout of Ila Singh worship ...now they've gone all starry-eyed and goofy again.