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REVIEWS © espoused by Antoine Béchamp was consid- B oO oO K RY ered extreme and was discounted by the medical ‘establishment’ of the day. In view CAN BACTERIA CAUSE CANCER? of DNA research since the 1950s, Hess, too, by David J. Hess discounts the extreme pleomorphic view. Publisher: New York Uni. Press, 1997 Though he rejects the single microbe theo- SBN: 0-8147-3561-4 (233pp h/c); ry, Hess argues for the overhaul of cancer 0-8147-3562-2 (s/c) research, therapies and policies to allow fur- Price: AUD$50.00; STG£24.00; ther investigation of promising alternative NLG 59,90; USD$26.95 theories and treatments. Research into bac- Distributors: Aust—Cameron Books, ph terial, fungal, viral, parasitic and amoebic (02) 4758 7676; UK/Eur— NEXUS offices; causation does continue today, albeit under- USA—New York University Press, ph ground and with little recognition. 1800 996 6987 (toll-free in US), website, . WA Ronee nu.adne THE CASE FOR THE FACE: Evidence loday, the consensus on the link between _for Alien Artifacts on Mars bacteria and cancer is that bacteria iso- edited by Stanley V. McDaniel and lated from cancer tissues represent sec- Monica Rix Paxson ondary infections that have nothing to do Publisher: Adventures Unlimited, 1998 with tumour genesis. But there is a fascinat- |§BN: 0-932813-59-3 (311pp s/c) ing research tradition into a bacterial (or Price: AUD$30.00; NZD$36.50; microbial) cause for cancer. STG£15.50; NLGf39,90; USD$17.95 + As anthropologist/science studies profes- postage & handling sor David J. Hess explains in Can Bacteria Distributors: Aust/NZ/UK/Eur— NEXUS Cause Cancer?, the consensus arose due to offices; USA—Adventures Unlimited, PO several factors. It was a combination of Box 74, Kempton, IL 60946, ph (815) 253 suppression, the power of financial and pro- 6390 fax (815) 253 6300 , fessional interests plus the cultural and gen- he so-called "Face" in the Cydonia der-logical factors of an increasingly indus- : . trialised climate that caused the demise of region of Mars, first photographed by wo ot . the Viking mission in 1976 and again by the promising research and therapies, including Mars Global S . 1 il thi cancer vaccines, from Coley, Glover, Rife ars Global Surveyor in early April this ; ; year, is nothing more than a natural geologi- and Livingstone, and the rise of invasive : . s ” cal formation, a mesa, according to NASA. surgery and toxic treatments. Th dia have been dismissi an Cancer research became institutionalised, © media have been Cismissive, seizing a chance to denigrate the "conspiracy theo- and new specialisations arose that had little ists" who claim there is evid For th knowledge of the theory or implications of nists” who claim there 1s evidence tor the pleomorphism: that micro-organisms have formation being an artificial structure or at multiple evolutionary stages. The theory as least a natural form that has been sculpted by other than just natural erosion processes. Many of these alleged "conspiracy theo- rists" happen to be respected space scien- tists, phycisists, photographic specialists, engineers, geologists and anthropologists— some of whom have even worked for NASA. A collection of their research into the Martian mysteries has been compiled in The Case For The Face, released just prior to the first Global Surveyor image. A browse through this book does strike it home how a considerable body of evidence for the Face can been rejected outright with just one photo taken from one view without any variation of light angle or distance—and rejected by scientists and reporters who have barely investigated the Face, let alone the landscape anomalies of the nearby "City", which are in square-root-of-two relationship to each other. The release of the City images in late April has not quelled the con- troversy (see Twilight Zone this issue). No one wants to ‘lose face' over these anomalies, but closer study is warranted if all the questions are to be answered. ke BACT ERMA, fi m7 a eee mel bes Dia > an ee ee OWWID 1 HESS THE CASE FOR THE FACE: Evidence for Alien Artifacts on Mars edited by Stanley V. McDaniel and Monica Rix Paxson Publisher: Adventures Unlimited, 1998 ISBN: 0-932813-59-3 (311pp s/c) Price: AUD$30.00; NZD$36.50; STG£15.50; NLGf39,90; USD$17.95 + postage & handling Distributors: Aust/NZ/UK/Eur— NEXUS offices; USA—Adventures Unlimited, PO Box 74, Kempton, IL 60946, ph (815) 253 6390, fax (815) 253 6300. he so-called "Face" in the Cydonia region of Mars, first photographed by the Viking mission in 1976 and again by the Mars Global Surveyor in early April this year, is nothing more than a natural geologi- cal formation, a mesa, according to NASA. The media have been dismissive, seizing a chance to denigrate the "conspiracy theo- rists" who claim there is evidence for the formation being an artificial structure or at least a natural form that has been sculpted by other than just natural erosion processes. Many of these alleged "conspiracy theo- rists" happen to be respected space scien- tists, phycisists, photographic specialists, engineers, geologists and anthropologists— some of whom have even worked for NASA. A collection of their research into the Martian mysteries has been compiled in The Case For The Face, released just prior to the first Global Surveyor image. A browse through this book does strike it home how a considerable body of evidence for the Face can been rejected outright with just one photo taken from one view without any variation of light angle or distance—and rejected by scientists and reporters who have barely investigated the Face, let alone the landscape anomalies of the nearby "City", which are in square-root-of-two relationship to each other. The release of the City images in late April has not quelled the con- troversy (see Twilight Zone this issue). No one wants to ‘lose face' over these anomalies, but closer study is warranted if all the questions are to be answered. 76 = NEXUS JUNE - JULY 1998