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leukocyte simultaneously. But he should do a tape himself, and I'll give you a list of questions you can ask.

Q:

All right.

Lasker:

He'll be very very good. This could be the beginning. He could also tell you where we're at insofar as a viral vaccine for cancer, for different types of cancer.

Q:

He's in on that, too.

Lasker:

Yes. He knows all the people involved, and by next January or February they'll know whether there's a real... They've already made a vaccine for mice. They can prevent it in mice.

Q:

They can prevent it in mice?

Lasker:

Yes, in mice.

Q:

This is all under the general supervision of Dr. Gallo, isn't it?

Lasker:

Yes. Gallo...maybe somebody else did it in mice, but anyway Gallo is' the first one to have shown... and people in Japan have confirmed his human virus as being a real virus in relation to leukemia. Before when people claimed they had a virus, someone has shown that it wasn't real.





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