Medical information..13:01 Jan 23 2006
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A medical truth about vampire
The main reason real vampirism is not more widely believed is the failure of the general public to understand exactly what the virus which produces the condition actually is, or how it functions. Most people do not understand - or believe - that human DNA can be altered in such a way as to produce such a being. Actually, many things can alter a person's normal DNA. Drugs such as LSD and Thalidomide cause DNA changes and many viri (plural form of virus) can change the DNA in a single gene. A combination of these altered genes can change the overall DNA of a living human.
The term vampire - used as a medical term - must be separated from the vampire myths; a Viral Vampire is an infected human. Though the DNA in the host human has been greatly altered, the organism remains human in the medical sense as the number of chromosomes has not been changed. All humans - in fact the entire human race - has the same number of chromosomes; the number of chromosomes is what makes them human. Technically the vampire is still a human, but for sake of discussion we think of viral vampires as non-human or as the next step up in human evolution. This is difficult to believe because many of the attributes of a vampire are considered to be better and more developed than humans. The strength, speed, enhanced mental and/or psychic abilities, the ability to digest human and other blood more efficiently are but a few of the differences.
The reason this happens is the basic human DNA is altered by the virus. The virus - we call it V5 - is NOT the same virus as HIV5. To simplify, it is transmitted through a simple infection. This infection is gained either through birth or infection from one who has the virus and passes it on. The child inherits the infection, passed on from the mother or father. The parent may have picked up the virus from some other member of their family such as a cousin, aunt, brother, etc. and thus the infection is passed on to the new born child. Rarely are both parents infected, i.e. vampires themselves. More often, they are carriers of the virus, in a similar manner to the way a red haired child is born to a family who, for several generation, have been all blond. The passing of the virus to the child from the parent produces an Inheritor Vampire child. The V5 is passed on to the newborn much the same way the AIDS virus is passed from mother to child. In such a child, the virus remains dormant until the catalyst of the onset of puberty. The release of hormones is believed to activate the virus system
The effects of the V5 virus then takes a number of years as the child develops to be completely effective, i.e. active in the system from its previously dormant state in the child's body. As in any infection, the child's immune system tries to fight off the infection and in many cases - if not most - it succeeds. It is also believed that the blood chemical make up of the individual is also responsible in determining if the child will be fully affected by the virus and thus DNA altered. Not all infected people develop the vampire virus and thus not everyone born with it becomes a vampire. That is why we are not hip deep in real Inheritor vampires. The only other way to become a vampire is to be given the infection by someone already infected. This would make the person, the subject, a Classical Vampire. As with Inheritors, it takes Classicals quite a long time to develop the full blown virus once infected due to the same reasons; blood chemistry make up and the immune system. Also, not all Classicals develop the virus. There is also a theory that a person has to be genetically predisposed to V5. V5 is actually closely related to many other viri such as the common flu virus and the AIDS virus. V5 is not the AIDS virus but works in much the same way as to infecting the host. Another reason the reality and cause of vampirism in today's modern world is not more widely believed is because not many members of the public or medical establishment know of the existence of V5. Why don't they know of it? Because, like Ebola and other new illnesses such as the Flesh Eating Bacteria - which actually have not been named so far - we do not know what they are as of this date. V5 has only been known for a relatively short time, many years to be sure, but in regard to other illnesses, a short time.
It has been many, many years now that several doctors in several parts of the USA and Europe have known about and been studying the V5 and its victims. The studies have been accomplished by long range, personal, one to one research with these infected people. Why so secretive? The same reason as with any other discovery. Once released, the doctors and researchers will gain money, fame and reputation. Not to mention grants, and the licensing of new drugs, etc. For the past few years, ImortalN and I have been telling people of the existence of the virus and explaining the what and why of this illness. We have compared it to other historical illnesses believed to be the cause of vampires in the past.
A few years ago, it was discovered that V5 is related to the AIDS virus. We began telling people then of an impending break through in a vaccine for AIDS. A vaccine for AIDS, discovered from the link to the vampire virus. During the month of June 1998, both NBC and ABC first gave the announcement of a new AIDS vaccine. Just prior to that was released the news announcing a gene, newly discovered, that lengthened the life of a fruit fly by twice its normal life span. OK, laugh. It does sound funny, but it is most important. That gene, in an insect, was gained from gene mapping, isolating, and gene construction, and the same is possible and already being done with humans.
The V5 is accessed because of a special and rare gene some people have and which can be passed on through or by infection into a host. Next there will be further announcements of the life extension program already in effect for humans. Soon to follow, other announcements about gene splicing, genetic engineering and gene manipulation which had already been performed on lesser animals.
Genetic mapping, and genetic coding of viri will explain the V5 more fully to those not knowledgeable in medical or genetic terminology. Discovery of the V5 will make a huge difference when formally announced. Think for a moment what the full impact of such ramifications would mean...
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