Author Description

The cause of many of the chronic diseases such as cancer, atherosclerosis, obesity, diabetes, osteoarthritis, multiple sclerosis, is unknown. Therefore, current medications, if available, treat symptoms rather than cause. Under such conditions, recovery and prevention are unattainable. Recently, Dr. Hanan Polansky discovered that the cause of these diseases is an infection with a latent, or "dormant" virus. The current paradigm holds that viral proteins are the only creators of the viral effect on host cell, in other words "no viral protein, no effect." A latent virus either does not produce viral proteins, or produces a limited number of proteins. Following such paradigm, scientists assume that a latent infection is harmless. Dr. Polansky discovered microcompetition, a direct effect of viral DNA on cellular gene expression. As it turns out, microcompetition modifies gene expression, which alters cell function. Over an extended period, the abnormal cell function manifests itself as the symptoms associated with many chronic diseases. The significance of the discovery of microcompetition cannot be overstated. From a health perspective, the discovery of the cause of these chronic diseases opens the door to discovery of medications, that for the first time in history treat the cause of the disease rather than symptoms, and therefore, for patients offer complete recovery, and for the public, protection against the disease.