tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post1984852805515990782..comments2023-06-19T06:28:32.714-07:00Comments on VWXYNot?: HERVs and Multiple Sclerosis, part 2Cath@VWXYNot?http://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-80462299413890548012008-10-23T17:10:00.000-07:002008-10-23T17:10:00.000-07:00Hi Domingo, thank you for your comment. Your work ...Hi Domingo, thank you for your comment. Your work sounds very interesting and this is definitely a field that is gaining momentum. However I am not actively engaged in bench research any more (but I do like to read the big papers in the HERV field still), and have not been for a few years now. I would advise you to contact the Power group instead!Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-3325286979624578652008-10-11T22:15:00.000-07:002008-10-11T22:15:00.000-07:00Hi !!!. I'have found your blog surfing on internet...Hi !!!. I'have found your blog surfing on internet and I want congratulate you. I am a 50 year old neurologist working in Barcelona, Spain. I made my research thesis on Sjögren's syndrome 15 years ago, when someone told about a relationship between Sj and Multiple Sclerosis (Alexander et al.). We found then positivity of some SS patients against retroviral bands p19 and p24 of HIV-1 and HTLV-I. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-83934073145693451562008-05-09T09:23:00.000-07:002008-05-09T09:23:00.000-07:00Hi CzesThanks for your comment! I'm sorry the post...Hi Czes<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment! I'm sorry the post wasn't helpful to you - most of my readers are fellow scientists, and this was one of the most technical research papers I've summarised on this blog. <BR/><BR/>The gist of the paper is that a protein that is produced by a virus (not an infectious virus, but one that inserted into our chromosomes millions of years ago and has evolved Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-61983219455941354302008-05-08T20:31:00.000-07:002008-05-08T20:31:00.000-07:00Your post is so scientific. I couldn't understand ...Your post is so scientific. I couldn't understand what you describe. Is it about MS origin?<BR/><BR/>How this information could be of help for a lay MS-er?<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-20936704241432405452007-07-28T19:56:00.000-07:002007-07-28T19:56:00.000-07:00The virions of certain viruses/bacteria are someti...The virions of certain viruses/bacteria are sometimes seen to express pleomorphism, However, this characteristic is in fact not true , since one and the same virion doesn't change shape warranted by a contractile phage viron in metabolic contact with the conjugation “zona” episode leading to oocyst stage and embryo development are endogenously classified pleomorphism of types hence MS/fairly mark brennemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983902261071398704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-28474558234893926272007-07-27T08:55:00.000-07:002007-07-27T08:55:00.000-07:00Hah, creationists.I don't think anything is going ...Hah, creationists.<BR/><BR/>I don't think anything is going to happen any time soon, but I would not be that surprised if McLeroy eventually tries to weasel "ID theory" or the "critical evaluation of evolution" into school curricula. <BR/>My tentative prediction is that the Discovery Institute will contact him about working to get their new "textbook" <I>Explore Evolution</I> included as some Chris Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383092030160768244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-11067663549499706202007-07-27T07:01:00.000-07:002007-07-27T07:01:00.000-07:00Thanks mate! It did take over my life for a few da...Thanks mate! It did take over my life for a few days there, but it had to be done.<BR/><BR/>How's the fight against those Texan creationists going?Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-62460003510697513032007-07-26T23:16:00.000-07:002007-07-26T23:16:00.000-07:00Welcome back from Potterland. I'm glad to have you...Welcome back from Potterland. I'm glad to have you back, coz this is a sweet post. <BR/>Thanks for the great summary.Chris Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383092030160768244noreply@blogger.com