From:
Russell Prater
Date: 2001-11-22 20:37:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Re: virally induced lymphosarcoma
sukiecrandall@t... wrote:
> The hypothesis that there might ba viral trigger for some cases
> was investigated for a while at the Dept. of Comparative
> Medicine of MIT, but they didn't find a culprit. That doesn't mean
> that such a silent viral contributor doesn't exist; it is just a
> reflection of how very difficult such studies are.
There was statistical evidence that some organism was involved in
cervical cancer way back in the 50's, but it took 40 years to determine
that it was the human papillovirus. Dr. Fox has noticed what he calls
"clusters" of insulinoma and adrenaloma cases, but it's going to take
some serious work to determine if a virus causes those and which one.
--
Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde
russellprater@w...
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