Bovine Meat and Milk Factors

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As Bovine Meat and Milk Factors (BMMF) are DNA -components in beef and cow's milk referred to for the development of cancer (especially colon cancer and breast cancer might be responsible). The representatives of this thesis include the physicians Harald zur Hausen and Ethel-Michele de Villiers , both working at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg , based on the analysis of epidemiological data and the examination of antibodies in human serum. There could also be a connection to neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis .

At the end of 2017, Timo Bund's working group at the DKFZ presented evidence that the BMMF survive in human cells over the long term. She identified certain BMMF RNA and protein products .

On February 26, 2019, Ethel-Michele de Villiers presented evidence of a previously unknown infectious agent in the blood serum and milk of Eurasian cattle that could indirectly trigger the development of colon cancer. "Homologies to the p4ABAYE plasmid from Acinetobacter , but also viral components of CRESS DNA viruses have been demonstrated."

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Timo Bund: Research Group Episomal-Persistent DNA in Cancer and Chronic Diseases . DKFZ
  2. ↑ Harald zur Hausen, Ethel-Michele de Villiers: Dairy cattle serum and milk factors contributing to the risk of colon and breast cancers. In: International Journal of Cancer . Volume 137, No. 4, 2015, pp. 959-967, doi: 10.1002 / ijc.29466 , PMID 25648405 .
  3. ↑ a b Harald zur Hausen, Timo Bund, Ethel-Michele de Villiers: Specific Nutritional Infections Early in Life as Risk Factors for Human Colon and Breast Cancers Several Decades Later. In: International Journal of Cancer. Volume 144, No. 7, 2019, pp. 1574–1583, doi: 10.1002 / ijc.31882
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Däuble: Why do Indians so rarely have colon cancer? In: FAZ.net . April 26, 2014, accessed December 16, 2014 .
  5. ↑ a b c Sebastian Eilebrecht, Agnes Hotz-Wagenblatt, Victor Sarachaga et al .: Expression and replication of virus-like circular DNA in human cells. In: Scientific Reports. Volume 8, Article No. 2851, 2018, doi: 10.1038 / s41598-018-21317-w , PMID 29434270
  6. ↑ Increased cancer risk from cow's milk and beef? aerztezeitung.de, October 23, 2018
  7. ↑ Working group Episomal-Persistent DNA in Cancer and Chronic Diseases. dkfz.de; accessed on June 4, 2019
  8. ↑ Research at the DKFZ: Risk factor for colon cancer discovered in milk. aerztezeitung.de, February 26, 2019