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A fact from David Vetter appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 October 2004. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that during David Vetter's short life he only had contact with another human being twice, on the time of his birth and on the time of his death, at the age of 12?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2004/October.

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Tumor viruses

I deleted this line "Due to David's situation, it was learned that viruses can cause cancer." That assertion is incorrect. Cancer causing viruses were first reported to exist in chickens in 1910 by Peyton Rous (http://www.jem.org/cgi/content/full/201/3/320), later called the Rous Sarcoma Virus. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for this discovery in 1966. Later, in 1989, Michael Bishop and Harold Varmus were awarded the Nobel Prize for their work published in 1976 that tumor causing viruses use critical genes hijacked from an ancestral host. There were other Nobels awarded for tumor-virus related work as well as an established record of viruses as tumor causing agents long before David Vetter's death. Mightydarwin 07:34, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Another cultural reference

On the episode “Little Girl in the Big Ten” from the 13th season of the Simpsoms Bart is set into a Burbble. I think that must be mentioned too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.134.69.125 (talk) 19:06, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"whom he called his best friend when he was alive"

It's obvious he said that when he was alive. Isn't this a little redundant? Thanks 89.1.162.134 (talk) 20:52, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Who is murphy?

I removed the sentence "Murphy would help David through any crisis he may have." from the end of the 1st paragraph in the section "Poking holes in the bubble" because there is no explanation of Murphy. Who was he? How did he help? MARY ADA MURPHY WAS A WOMAN THAT WORKED AT TEXAS CHILDREN HOSPITAL HER OFFICE WAS ACROSS THE HALL FROM DAVID HOSPITAL ROOM SHE WAS STUDYING TO GET A DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT DAVID CALLED HER HIS BEST FRIEND ALSO THEIRS A SHAWN MURPHY NOT RELATED TO MARY THAT WAS ALSO CALLED HIS BEST FRIEND HE WAS ABOUT 4 YEARS OLDER THAN DAVID HE WAS THE friend THAT arranged for a special showing of Return of the Jedi at a local movie theater that David attended in his transport chamber.[2]— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jedikaiti (talk • contribs) 20:03, 14 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]