Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!abc From: abc@brl-tgr.ARPA (Brint Cooper ) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: Viral infections: Modern medicine seems virtually helpless! Message-ID: <612@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sun, 11-Aug-85 23:13:18 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.612 Posted: Sun Aug 11 23:13:18 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Aug-85 03:50:52 EDT References: <191@tekig5.UUCP> <324@bbncc5.UUCP> Reply-To: abc@brl-tgr.ARPA (Brint Cooper (CTAB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 18 The referenced article and a followup discuss the difficulty modern medicine has in fighting virus invections with other than vaccines for prevention. MS and juvenile-onset diabetes were mentioned as examples of diseases which MAY be virus-related although research has not yet provided conclusive evidence. It's more complex than that. There's other strong evidence that diseases such as MS and juvenile-onset diabetes may be autoimmune diseases -- those caused when the body's immune system produces antibodies which attack certain of its own tissues. Rheumatoid arthritis, pernicious anemia, myasthenia gravis, and lupus (SLE) are examples of autoimmune diseases. I feel that cracking the mystery of cancer will also illuminate causes of and successful treatments for AIDS, virus infections, autoimmune disease. It's a tall order. Brint