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A QUICK SUMMARY

The moose in the area studied seem to have an unusual form of papillomavirus, in humans it’s a different strain, called HPV and it’s the second leading cause of cancer death among women worldwide. So I wanted to take a look and see how this disease effected the moose. What I found was that in 2017 every sub adult female moose in this small area showed visible signs of tumors, only the sub adult females showed signs, even when one had a twin brother who lived in extremely close proximity, only she had the tumors, he had none. In HPV the situation is similar, with men being essentially a disease vector and the disease only adversely effecting women. In my study what I found was every sub adult female in that year developed tumors at roughly the same time of year (spring) and all shed them at roughly the same time of year, (fall) and never got them again. This coordinated response is likely environmental and I wanted to learn what about the environment caused it. The tumors left no scaring and had no adverse effects on their reproductive capabilities.

I also found data to strongly suggest there were three strains of the type of PV that effects moose separated by geographical location, and that regardless of the strain the disease was reported to be seasonal with the same general progression as what I was observing, which suggested the animals immune response was independent of the viral strain. If that immune response was independent of the viral strain could it also be independent of the viral type. That’s the big question. Could the moose immune response be induced in human biology and would it have the same result? Shedding fully developed tumors with no scaring and no adverse effects on the patients reproductive system.

I’ve discovered a lot so far, so much the journal wanted me to cut some of it out of the paper, that’s where the problem began, I’m inclined to report all the data as it may benefit future researchers in their hunt for cure. For future generations.

In the end there’s more work to be done and I need your help to do it.

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