Miscellaneous
Part of Supplement to Book 2
by
Ching-Chee Chan, Ph.D.
Copy Right Reserved
Egret Publishing Inc. August 1999.
A Death Linked to Gene Therapy
The death of a 18-year-old man is linked to the effects of the gene
therapy. Penn officials say the treatment sparked a severe reaction
of his immune system, a so-called inflammatory response that
caused multiple organs to fail. The story was reported by Susan
Dentzer of Online NewsHour, pbs.org on December 8, 1999.
This is similar to the case of toxic shock syndrome developed during
pregnancy (see below). ENL (erythema nodosum leprosum) can be
activated by stress (mental or physical) or intercurrent infection or
chemotherapy, leading to necrotizing vasculitis, resulting in toxic
shock syndrome and multiple organ failure. The viruses used in gene
therapy can be regarded as intercurrent infection. The biological
samples can be checked for the DNA of Hansen's bacterium by
means of PCR methods. It is not appropriate to rule out infection by
Hansen's bacterium in developed countries. Many diseases of
unknown causes may be caused by this bacterium. For further detail
about ENL, please see Book 2; Chapter 2, The Cause of AIDS.
December 15, 1999.
Delay Rejection of Skin Grafts
Delay Rejection of Skin Graftshan indicates immune abnormalities of
Hansen's disease patients. This may be related to the fact that a
group of viruses and bacteria associates with Hansen's bacterium.
Group of Viruses and Bacteria Associates with Hansen's Bacterium
There are myriads of viruses and bacteria associating with Hansen's
bacterium.mem They go wherever it goes. These are called associating
viruses and bacteria. Some are identified and some are not.
Whenever these viruses and bacteria are grown in culture media,
they usually turn out but Hansen's bacterium does not because it
does not grow in vitro. HIV is probably one of them. These act as
decoys misleading scientists investigating AIDS, cancer, chronic
fatigue syndrome, Gulf War syndrome and other autoimmune
diseases. These viruses and bacteria have helped build great careers
for many scientists.
Mycoplasma (ALS, Gulf War Syndrome)
It used to be fashionable to suspect viruses as causes of cancer. One
of these viruses, now called HIV, is believed by many to be the cause
of AIDS. This is only a hypothesis which is passed as a proven
theory by the media. The current fashions are mycoplasmas which
are believed to be the cause of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease or motor
neurone disease), arthritis and Gulf War syndrome. It has been used
as a diagnosis technique for ALS according to some patients.
As shown above, Hansen's bacterium has some affect on the
immune system and this may be related to the observation that
many viruses and bacteria are known as a group of viruses and
bacteria associating with Hansen's bacterium. If the bacterium is
the real cause, the associating viruses and bacteria may act as
decoys. It does ring a bell.
Toxic Shock Syndrome during Pregnancy
chinesenewsnet.com August 10, 1999 reported a pregnant woman, in
the US, developed a disease, causing lips and limbs to swell and her
limbs had to be amputated to save her life, because of too much dead
tissues, low blood pressure due to leaky capillaries. This is similar to
ENL, activated by stress due to pregnancy, resulting in necrotizing
vasculitis. Several similar cases have been reported in Taiwan
(references not available).
ALS, Arthritis, Asthma, Lyme Disease . . . etc.
The variation patterns (see Chapters 3 & 4) of these diseases
indicate they are related and this is consistent with some newly
observed facts.
Some patients are suffering from ALS also complaining about
coughing or asthma. A lady reader e-mailed this author, stating "I
like your theory. I myself have asthma and definite symptoms of
ALS. I have had the symptoms for about ten months now and
worsening every day." Some ALS cases are mis-diagnosed as Lyme
disease and a Lyme doctor is at present being investigated. If lyme
and ALS belong to the same spectrum of a disease, they will look
similar and their symptoms may be interchangeable at different
stages of their development. Some arthritis patients complain about
throat problems and one of them fears this turning into cancer.
There are good reasons to worry. Immune disorders and some types
of cancer have similar variation patterns (November 1999).
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mem. This is based on the recollection of a book by this author.