humble3d Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Blood test tells you EVERY virus you've EVER had... Media via the link below... This blood test can tell you every virus you’ve ever had Curious how many viruses have invaded your body over the course of your life? Now you can know. Researchers have developed a DNA-based blood test that can determine a person's viral history, a development they hope could lead to early detection of conditions, such as hepatitis C, and eventually help explain what triggers certain autoimmune diseases and cancers. The new test, known as VirScan, works by screening the blood for antibodies against any of the 206 species of viruses known to infect humans, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science. The immune system, which churns out specific antibodies when it encounters a virus, can continue to produce those antibodies decades after an infection subsides. VirScan detects those antibodies and uses them as a window in time to create a blueprint of nearly every virus an individual has encountered. It's a dramatic alternative to existing diagnostic tools, which test only for a single suspected virus. "The approach is clever and a technological tour de force," said Ian Lipkin, a professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University, who was not involved in the creation of VirScan. "It has the potential to reveal viruses people have encountered recently or many years earlier ... Thus, this is a powerful new research tool." Scientists on Thursday reported intriguing findings from their initial tests of 569 people they screened using VirScan in the United States, South Africa, Thailand and Peru. They found that the average person has been exposed to 10 of the 206 different species of known viruses -- though some people showed exposure to more than double that number. "Many of those [people] have probably been infected with many different strains of the same virus," said Stephen Elledge, a professor of genetics and medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, who led the development of VirScan. "You could be infected with many strains of rhinovirus over the course of your life, for instance, and it would show up as one hit." In addition, he said, certain viruses were far more common in adults than in children, who presumably have yet to encounter much of the world's viral landscape. People infected with HIV tended to have antibodies against many more viruses than people without the disease. Researchers also saw striking geographic differences in the way viruses affected different populations. People in South Africa, Thailand and Peru generally displayed antibodies against many more viruses than people living in the United States. "We don't know if this has to do with the genetics of the people or the strains of the viruses that are out there," Elledge said of the differences by country. "Or if it has something to do with cultural habits or sanitation." Elledge said the VirScan analysis currently can be performed for about $25 per blood sample, though labs might charge much more than that if the test becomes commercially available. He also said it currently takes two or three days to process and sequence about 100 samples, though that speed could increase as technology improves. Ultimately, Elledge said he hopes the test could be used to more quickly detect conditions, such as HIV and hepatitis C, which patients can carry for years before displaying any outward symptoms. Experts believe VirScan also could lead to insights about the role long-ago viral infections play in the later development of certain cancers and autoimmune diseases such as Type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis. "There are a lot of chronic diseases where we think a virus might be involved, but we can't quite pinpoint it ... Right now we can't quite make the connection," said Vincent Racaniello, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Columbia, who was not involved in developing VirScan. "I think this is really going to be helpful. It's very cool." Racaniello said he envisions a day when patients will get the VirScan test as part of a regular checkup. "This is going to be routine, I think," he said. "It'll be good to know what viruses have been in you." Read More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/06/04/this-blood-test-can-tell-you-every-virus-youve-ever-had/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalju Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Sorry, we have really still people who believe everything that the press has found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Sorry, we have really still people who believe everything that the press has found.so you have hard time believing this story that has actual proven facts in it but in the same breath you choose to believe every single word from conspiracy nuts and other assorted proven fake news sites as bonafide proven fact...do you not know that every single virus you ever had is still in our bodies and it is not a stretch to be able to find those markers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexCross Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Sorry, we have really still people who believe everything that the press has found.so you have hard time believing this story that has actual proven facts in it but in the same breath you choose to believe every single word from conspiracy nuts and other assorted proven fake news sites as bonafide proven fact...do you not know that every single virus you ever had is still in our bodies and it is not a stretch to be able to find those markersWhat does this has to do with conspiracy nuts? Let's see how far we are in the medical world. We can't kill the flue virus that affects each of us at least 2-3 times/year, and you belive that someone out there can tell you your medical history just by looking at your blood... yeah right. Too much Sci-Fi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Sorry, we have really still people who believe everything that the press has found.so you have hard time believing this story that has actual proven facts in it but in the same breath you choose to believe every single word from conspiracy nuts and other assorted proven fake news sites as bonafide proven fact...do you not know that every single virus you ever had is still in our bodies and it is not a stretch to be able to find those markersWhat does this has to do with conspiracy nuts? Let's see how far we are in the medical world. We can't kill the flue virus that affects each of us at least 2-3 times/year, and you belive that someone out there can tell you your medical history just by looking at your blood... yeah right. Too much Sci-Fi.read the article..it NOT your medical report...it is ONLY the viruses contained in your body, not you entire medical history... two totally different things...now i know know why, when i see how you react here that our ancestors used to burn witches and call anyone of science a heritec when they could not fathom or try comprehend anything new.... and yes that goes hand in hand with only seeing truth in info wars and the like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRiM Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Sorry, we have really still people who believe everything that the press has found.so you have hard time believing this story that has actual proven facts in it but in the same breath you choose to believe every single word from conspiracy nuts and other assorted proven fake news sites as bonafide proven fact...do you not know that every single virus you ever had is still in our bodies and it is not a stretch to be able to find those markersWhat does this has to do with conspiracy nuts? Let's see how far we are in the medical world. We can't kill the flue virus that affects each of us at least 2-3 times/year, and you belive that someone out there can tell you your medical history just by looking at your blood... yeah right. Too much Sci-Fi.lol, You simply do not have a clue do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexCross Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Sorry, we have really still people who believe everything that the press has found.so you have hard time believing this story that has actual proven facts in it but in the same breath you choose to believe every single word from conspiracy nuts and other assorted proven fake news sites as bonafide proven fact...do you not know that every single virus you ever had is still in our bodies and it is not a stretch to be able to find those markersWhat does this has to do with conspiracy nuts? Let's see how far we are in the medical world. We can't kill the flue virus that affects each of us at least 2-3 times/year, and you belive that someone out there can tell you your medical history just by looking at your blood... yeah right. Too much Sci-Fi.read the article..it NOT your medical report...it is ONLY the viruses contained in your body, not you entire medical history... two totally different things...now i know know why, when i see how you react here that our ancestors used to burn witches and call anyone of science a heritec when they could not fathom or try comprehend anything new.... and yes that goes hand in hand with only seeing truth in info wars and the likeLOL what does this have with info -wars (should I tell you that none of the US crap is available in Europe? :)) even if one wants to watch it, he cannot), and what's the deal with witches and so on? Should I tell you that I'm an engineer? If I'm not open minded with technology or science than nobody is.This blood test can tell you every virus you’ve ever hadThis translate with your medical history (I don't know what medical history means in your country but here it shows every disease you had (diseasesare trigerred by viruses). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Sorry, we have really still people who believe everything that the press has found.so you have hard time believing this story that has actual proven facts in it but in the same breath you choose to believe every single word from conspiracy nuts and other assorted proven fake news sites as bonafide proven fact...do you not know that every single virus you ever had is still in our bodies and it is not a stretch to be able to find those markersWhat does this has to do with conspiracy nuts? Let's see how far we are in the medical world. We can't kill the flue virus that affects each of us at least 2-3 times/year, and you belive that someone out there can tell you your medical history just by looking at your blood... yeah right. Too much Sci-Fi.read the article..it NOT your medical report...it is ONLY the viruses contained in your body, not you entire medical history... two totally different things...now i know know why, when i see how you react here that our ancestors used to burn witches and call anyone of science a heritec when they could not fathom or try comprehend anything new.... and yes that goes hand in hand with only seeing truth in info wars and the likeLOL what does this have with info -wars (should I tell you that none of the US crap is available in Europe? :)) even if one wants to watch it, he cannot), and what's the deal with witches and so on? Should I tell you that I'm an engineer? If I'm not open minded with technology or science than nobody is.This blood test can tell you every virus you’ve ever hadThis translate with your medical history (I don't know what medical history means in your country but here it shows every disease you had (diseasesare trigerred by viruses).and yet again you are one tiny step above those people that used to burn witches and stone scientists and other assorted smart people...you have no idea what you are talking about when yo say a blood test to detect ONLY viruses will give you your full medical history...what else is new in your world... blood letting and pig manure poultice to get rid of a nasty wound infection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 and i suppose you will call this report hog wash too http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27141-threatwatch-bird-flus-back-and-its-brought-friends.html#.VXLur_lVikowhy did i post this...how do you imagine they track this spread of viruses...do they cast bones or consult oracles...no they use the DNA virus technology from the original post here to track the viruses from blood tests of living and dead migratory ducks..so yea try and understand the nature of science once in awhile instead of scoffing at it ......just because you are too lazy to try and understand things does not make them fantasy or fairytails Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexCross Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 and i suppose you will call this report hog wash too http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27141-threatwatch-bird-flus-back-and-its-brought-friends.html#.VXLur_lVikowhy did i post this...how do you imagine they track this spread of viruses...do they cast bones or consult oracles...no they use the DNA virus technology from the original post here to track the viruses from blood tests of living and dead migratory ducks..so yea try and understand the nature of science once in awhile instead of scoffing at it ......just because you are too lazy to try and understand things does not make them fantasy or fairytailsAnd you still continue spamming with no relevant information. Keep your nonsenses just for yourself. Do you have a fetish for witches or why the hell you're naming them in every post?You should start reading more books than the internet pages. A person may have a genetic predisposition towards a disease, because he enherited it. If you test him the DNA will tell you that he has that disease, but some diseases aren't triggered, because the person might have lived a healthy life. For example one may have a genetic predisposition towards cancer, but because he avoided all the bad habbits that trigger the disease he didn't got it. So I'm still asking you, how can one tell you your virus history if there are so many variables involved? You watch too many SF movies. Have you ever been in a laboratory? I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 maybe if you thought to look on the internet for the real facts when you call some truth wrong you would not have to argue so much...but then that is what you like to do..argue with people..the truth on this matter and every other post you argued against is right at your fingertips...yet you choose to never find the real answers or the real facts and you stick to just plain old it cannot be true because i just do no want to believe it attitude as your base line...and only so you can continue to deny and add even more false argument that is based on the fact you enjoy being annoying to others...and what it has to do with infowars...guys like yourself choose to ignore the real facts but believe every word of falsification they find on info wars and sites just like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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