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Infectious AIDS is a collection of thirteen articles originally published in scientific journals, which call into question the dogma of infectious AIDS. With such thought-provoking chapters as "HIV is Not the Cause of AIDS" and "AIDS acquired by Drug Consumption and Other Non-contagious Risk Factors," Duesberg explores the correlation (but not causality) between HIV and AIDS. By challenging popular AIDS theory, Duesberg investigates fresh possibilities that can transform the study and treatment of the AIDS virus.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #724139 in Books
• Published on: 1995-12-13
• Released on: 1995-12-13
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 600 pages

Review
"AIDS 'science' has one clear thinker. His name is Peter Duesberg"
- Harvey Bialy, Science Editor, Biotechnology

Ingram
Duesberg, the world's foremost retrovirus expert, argues that no conclusive link has ever been proved to exist between HIV and AIDS. In this collection of essays, Dr. Duesberg theorizes that the various diseases under the AIDS umbrella are brought on by long-term recreational drug use, unhealthy living conditions and are not sexually transmitted.

About the Author
Peter H. Duesberg, Ph.D., is a professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley.

In 1968-1970 he demonstrated that influenza virus has a segmented genome. This would explain its unique ability to form recombinants by reassortment of subgenomic segments. He isolated the first cancer gene through his work on retroviruses in 1970, and mapped the genetic structure of these viruses. This, and his subsequent work in the same field, resulted in his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1986. He was also the recipient of a seven-year Outstanding Investigator Grant from the National Institutes of Health from 1985-1992.

On the basis of his experience with retroviruses, Duesberg has challenged the virus-AIDS hypothesis in the pages of Cancer Research, The Lancet, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Science, Nature, Genetica, Journal of AIDS, AIDS Forschung, Biomed. & Pharmacother., New Engl. J. Med., Chemical and Engineering News, Naturwissenschaften, Research in Immunology , Pharmacology & Therapeutics and the British Medical Journal. He has instead proposed the hypothesis that the various AIDS diseases are brought on by the long-term consumption of recreational drugs and anti-HIV drugs, such as the DNA chain terminator AZT, which is prescribed to prevent or treat AIDS.

Based on 30 years of studies on viral cancer, and over 15 years on cellular genes related to viral cancer- or oncogenes, now termed cellular oncogenes, the conclusion was reached that viral carcinogenesis is statistically negligible, and that the evidence for cellular oncogenes is inconclusive. Therefore, the hypothesis was advanced that aneuploidy, an abnormal number of chromosomes, rather than cellular oncogenes, is the cause of cancer. The hypothesis promises improvements in cancer prevention by eliminating substances that cause aneuploidy from food and drugs.

Customer Reviews

THE CHILD IN THE CROWD...
The Emperor's New Clothes on a massive scale - with enormous implications - right under our noses (ongoing in 2002 with no end in sight yet). Any thinking person not yet familiar with the content of this and Duesbergs other books will be grateful to discover them. The public is shown barely the tip of this particular iceberg.
Duesbergs integrity and clarity of mind make him the child in the crowd, but his courage , tenacity and curriculum vitae make him a formidable and feared opponent . His work is terribly important. His herculean efforts go largely unseen due to ruthless media censorship of the subject but the whole picture is available to us in these books and on the internet on Duesbergs and related websites. If you have stumbled across this issue- do a bit of research and prepare to be staggered......