Megan Scudellari 20 November 2013
On a sunny day
in 1998, Maura Gillison was walking across the campus of Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore, Maryland, thinking about a virus. The young oncologist
bumped into the director of the university's cancer centre, who asked politely
about her work. Gillison described her discovery of early evidence that human
papillomavirus (HPV) — a ubiquitous pathogen that infects nearly every human at
some point in their lives — could be causing tens of thousands of cases of
throat cancer each year in the United States. The senior doctor stared down at
Gillison, not saying a word. “That was the first clue that what I was doing was
interesting to others and had potential significance,” recalls Gillison.....To Read More....
My Take - The
reason I posted this is to emphasize something I have believed for some time.
Many cancers are caused by viruses. Time
will tell, but one thing we know for sure – pesticides do not cause cancer.
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