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tissue and in culture. All of them have suggested — smallest forms of the organism were virus-like, and the (despite the taboo against "cancer microbes") that larger bacterial forms were comparable to what bacteria might be implicated in prostate cancer. bacteriologists call "mycoplasma", "L-forms" and "cell- In 2005, an Australian team headed by Dr Ronnie wall-deficient forms". Livingston believed the Cohen was the first to culture bacteria from prostate organism was closely related to the "acid-fast" cancer and to suggest that inflammation caused by mycobacteria. Tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy are two these bacteria might lead to cancerous changes. A well-known diseases caused by species of later study, co-authored by Cohen, examined antibody mycobacteria. She was the first to show that the "acid- levels to P. acnes bacteria. The fast" staining method (used to researchers concluded that detect TB bacteria) was high antibody levels might be essential to colour and identify correlated with prostate They concluded that P. acnes the cancer microbe in tissue disease, cancer and even bacteria could establish a and in culture. enign enlargement of the . . 9 9 prostate gland, a common persistent infection in the published in the 19508 1960s finding in older men. lan t prostate gland, which could and 19708, Livingston and n , the Australian team A microbiologis eanor joined with Swedish | Contribute to enlargement — ff Alexander-lackson alone with researchers, headed by Dr Oleg and prostate cancer. cell cytologist Irene Diller and Alexeyev, to study prostate chemist Florence Seiber bacteria further. Using special (famous for developing the microscopic techniques, they tuberculosis skin test) al demonstrated intracellular forms of P. acnes and — continued important cancer microbe research showing "biofilm-like aggregates" of bacteria in tissue sections the characteristic "connective tissue parasite" o of prostate cancer, similar in appearance to those —cancer—the germ that could be found inside the cel bacteria I previously reported. They concluded that P. (intracellular) and outside the cell (extracellular) in al acnes bacteria could establish a persistent infection in cancers. Livingston always claimed the microbe had the prostate gland, which could contribute to an affinity for collagenous (connective) tissue. The enlargement and prostate cancer. This full paper is | photographs of bacteria presented here in prostate available online for free (see http://tinyurl.com/bz653v). cancer confirm that. Livingston believed the cancer microbe was presen Cancer and the cancer microbe in the blood, tissue, excreta and body fluids of al The most vocal proponent of bacteria as a cause of human beings. When the immune system was wean tha Tate They concluded that P. acnes bacteria could establish a prostate gland, which could contribute to enlargement Cancer and the cancer microbe in the blood, tissue, excreta and body fluids of all The most vocal proponent of bacteria as a cause of human beings. When the immune system was cancer was the late Virginia Livingston, MD (1906-1984). In 1950, Virginia Wuerthele-Caspe Livingston and her colleagues wrote a paper entitled "Cultural Properties and Pathogenicity of Certain Microorganisms Obtained from Various Proliferative and Neoplastic Diseases", which was published in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. The characteristics of the cancer microbe in blood, tissue and culture were described in detail. The cancer bacteria were filterable through a laboratory pore designed to hold back bacteria. This indicated that the bacteria had smaller elements which were "virus- sized". In laboratory culture, these viral-like forms were able to revert to the size of conventional bacteria. The microbe was characterised as pleomorphic; that is, having more Figure 2. Prostate cancer. Loosely packed intracellular blue-stained than one form and size. The coccoid forms. Fite stain, magnification x1000, in oil. - Figure 2. Prostate cancer. Loosely packed intracellular blue-stained coccoid forms. Fite stain, magnification x1000, in oil. NEXUS ¢ 19 persistent infection in the and prostate cancer. APRIL - MAY 2009 www.nexusmagazine.com