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398059 tn?1447945633

This might be very interesting to all

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/09/23/scientists-discover-virus-that-kills-all-types-of-breast-cancer-within-seven-days/#.Tn0x2GLdESm.facebook

Not sure if anyone here has looked into this:

Scientists discover virus that kills all types of breast cancer ‘within seven days’


By Stephen C. Webster
Friday, September 23rd, 2011 -- 4:48 pm

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Tags: breast cancer cells, cervical cancer cells, penn state scientists
Scientists at the Penn State College of Medicine said this week they have discovered a virus that is capable of killing all types of breast cancer "within seven days" of first introduction in a laboratory setting.

The virus, known as adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV2), is naturally occurring and carried by up to 80 percent of humans, but it does not cause any disease.

Researchers learned of its cancer-killing properties in 2005, after Penn State scientists observed it killing cervical cancer cells. They also found that women who carried the AAV2 virus and human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer, had a lower propensity to develop cervical cancer.
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398059 tn?1447945633
Your right.  But, I had not heard anything about this before.
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962875 tn?1314210036
This would indeed be interesting--even exciting--if it were a tested tx available to help people with BC.

Unfortunately, at this point, the operative sentence is: "When combined IN A LAB  recently, AAV2 eradicated all the breast cancer cells "within seven days," according to researchers. (emphasis mine)
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