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...mottoes of a scientist that if something seems too good to be true, there is a high probability that it is not true. Few scientists appreciate the aptness of this more than Dr. Albert Sabin, 68, developer of the live-virus polio vaccine. Eighteen months ago, Sabin declared triumphantly that he and a colleague had found convincing evidence that the ubiquitous herpes simplex viruses, which cause cold sores and genital infections, also cause human cancers. Since then, Sabin has been unable to reproduce the earlier laboratory findings. As a result, he is publishing in the Proceedings of the National Academy...
...Sabin based his original indictment on research that he and Dr. Giulio Tarro, 36, of the University of Naples had conducted between 1967 and 1973. The study, signed jointly by Sabin and Tarro, found antibodies produced in the body in reaction to the presence of the herpes simplex Type I and Type II viruses in patients with cancers of the lip, mouth, nose and throat, kidney, bladder, prostate, cervix and vulva. It turned up no trace of the viruses in patients with 28 other malignancies, or in patients without cancer...
...cleaning up Storrow Lagoon next summer. The plant will treat water already in the Charles with chemicals that bind with river water "to form a matrix in a fluffy kind of stuff," as Noss put it. There's some skepticism as to how well the plant will work: Sabin Lord, the engineer in charge of the lower Charles, has said he thinks the Metropolitain District Commission was sold a bill of goods. There are also as yet unapproved plans for a $500,000 plant in the Basin, which could handle four times as much polluted water as its competitor...
...Sabin bases his case against the her pes viruses on studies conducted at the National Cancer Institute with Dr. Giulio Tarro of the University of Naples. The pair found "footprints" - antibodies produced by the body in response to the herpes viruses - in 56 patients with cancers of the lip, mouth, nose and throat, kidney, bladder, prostate, cervix and vulva. There was no trace of the antibodies in 81 patients with other malignancies, such as cancers of the lung, breast and lymphatic system, or in 51 patients without cancer...
...Sabin considers his findings proof that the viruses help to cause cancer in "certain individuals under special conditions." But many researchers believe that more evidence is essential before they can indict - let alone convict - herpes. Although women who have had genital, or Type II herpes, infections do seem more susceptible to cervical cancer than those who have not, the fact remains that most women with Type II infections do not develop cervical cancer. There is even less evidence to implicate herpes Type I. A large percent age of people at some time in their lives develop the cold sores that...