The Virus Within
is available
as a used book in hardcover (above) or softcover (below)
from
online booksellers
including
Barnes and Noble
and Amazon.
ISBN: 0-525-94534-2
Dr. Konstance Knox and Dr. Donald Carrigan, as well as the Board of Directors,
are proud to welcome you to the newly designed
web site of the Institute for Viral Pathogenesis. Although it is under construction, we hope to continually add informational
content and update it with descriptions of the Institute's activities. First
of all, we would like to describe the Institute and its goals. A description
of the founding of the Institute can be found in the book The Virus Within
by Nicholas Regush.
Since its inception, the Institute's sole activities have been and will continue
to be furthering its tax exempt (501C3) purpose of identifying and characterizing
new human viral pathogens including, but not limited to, the human
herpesviruses
and, in particular, human herpesvirus six (HHV-6). The vast majority of the Institute's
activities involve scientific medical research conducted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
These activities revolve around exploring newly identified viruses as emerging
pathogens and developing new and more effective treatments for such viruses
and the diseases they cause.
The second largest activity of the Institute is the drafting of medical journal
articles and abstracts as well as presentation of research findings at national
and international scientific meetings and conferences.
A third activity of the
Institute is the preparation and submission of research grant applications seeking
funding to support the Institute's research programs. The final progress reports for two
such grants obtained from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society are posted
in the IVP Research portion of our site.
In accordance with the Institute's tax exempt status, all research findings
and results will be widely disseminated through publications in internationally
and nationally recognized medical journals, which are available to the general
public. The Institute's research findings will also be presented at scientific
conferences, which are generally open to the public. Educational activities of
the Institute will involve postings of scientific material on this web site,
as well as answering scientific and technical questions posed by our visitors.
In summary, the Institute serves the public by discovery of new medical
research theories and findings with their subsequent dissemination to the
public at large. This allows the findings to be applied by practicing
physicians worldwide in the diagnosis, treatment, and cure of diseases such as
multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, cancer, and the illnesses that
complicate stem cell and organ transplantation.
