Industry Response to Bovine Leukemia Virus in Breast Cancer
What was the response to the revelation that as many as 37% of breast cancer cases may be attributable to exposure to bovine leukemia virus, a cancer-causing cow virus, found in the milk of nearly every dairy herd in the United States? Ref. Source 1e.
Overcoming immune suppression to fight against bovine leukemia. A newly developed antibody drug reactivates suppressed immune cells, decreasing the bovine leukemia virus (BLV) counts in an infected cow. The antibody could be applied to treat a variety of intractable infectious diseases in cows. Source 2h.