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As I read it, in this case it's a specially modified version of measles that's used, not "vanilla" measles. Interestingly, the washington post write up also su
by mattsouth 12y ago
As I read it, in this case it's a specially modified version of measles that's used, not "vanilla" measles. Interestingly, the washington post write up also suggests that if the user had resistance to measles, another virus would have to be used.
- lifeisstillgood 12y agoThank you, just there seems to be a lot of unanswered questions in this area. Which I guess is why its interesting. cheers
- icambron 12y agoThis is what makes me skeptical about the possibility of the virus offering general protection. We have this immune system that provides us with protection from infection if we've already had measles, to the point that it will protect the cancer too. That means that unless you get measles for the first time while you happen to have cancer, it's not going to help you. So I suspect this didn't actually come up enough in nature to have a real impact.