AAV-2 possible cancer cure

[howandwhy99]

There is an interesting article about AAV-2, a common virus that infects 80% of the human population, being able to discern between healthy cells and cancerous ones.

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[Thornir Alekeg]

Interesting article.

I'm trying to think what the evolutionary advantage of this mode of action would be:

AAV-2 virus remains dormant in the body, but when infected with a cancer causing virus, the AAV-2 virus gets to replicate. It kills the cells infected by the cancer causing virus, sending it back into dormancy, but the host organism survives. Hmmm, a protective symbiosis.

I am going to have to find out a little more about this. Thanks for posting this.

 

[maddman75]

Dangit! And right after I quit smoking too! If there's a cure I'm gonna get me some Marlboros tonight!




(kidding)