“By mid-September, Dan Peterson’s pilot study of Ampligen was officially over. All the patients had undergone an elaborate series of tests including treadmills, metal status exams, MRI brain scans, and careful assessment for human herpes-virus as well as a range of blood tests. Eight patients experienced dramatic improvement by several measures.
Their performance I.Q. levels rose. Consumption of oxygen, tested by walking on a treadmill, increased “markedly,”
Peterson reported, in 60 percent of the patients, some of whom had greater than 100 percent improvement without engaging in any exercise program. Interestingly, Ampligen also reversed high levels of human herpes-virus 6 proliferation in assays by tissue culture.” (P. 355 of Osler's Web)
Johnson noted that Ampligen also seemed to cause the disappearance of the UBOs noticed on MRI scans, but when the trial was stopped the effect did not continue and the patients lapsed back into their previous state of poor health.