BEVO
BEVO ON
BEVO ON THE SCOREBOARD AT EVERY HOME GAME.. BUT TONIGHT, THE STORY BEHIND
THE
THE REAL
THE REAL LIVE BEVO THAT LONGHORN FANS LOVE. NEW RESEARCH SHOWS WHAT
TRIGGERED BEVO 14'S DEATH
-- MAY HELP HUMANS.
TERRI GRUCA HAS THE STORY.
WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT THE BIG
MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH -- COURTESY OF BEVO 14 -- UT'S
FAMOUS,
FAMOUS, FORMER MASCOT -- EARLIER THIS MONTH. IT TURNS OUT WHAT KILLED HIM IN
2015 --MAY HELP CURE A
DEADLY DISEASE PLAGUING
MILLIONS.
TONIGHT A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
RESEARCH AND HOW IT
COULD HELP THE LIKES OF ANOTHER
LOCAL LEGEND.
LONGHORNS CHOMPING
LONGHORNS CHOMPING
FEEDING
FEEDING TIME IS MUSIC TO THE EARS... ...FOR A MAN WHO HAS SPENT HIS
LIFE MAKING MUSIC.
WE
WE GOT
WE GOT THEM ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO LEGENDARY AUSTIN MUSICIAN RAY BENSON ONLY
BENSON ONLY
RECENTLY
RECENTLY BECAME A RANCHER. I FIGURE SINCE I DIDN'T GO TO UT BUT I'M A BIG LONGHORN FAN I
BETTER GET SOME LONGHORNS YOU
KNOW HA HA
GENTLE GIANTS THAT HOLD A KEY TO
A DEADLY -- FAMILIAR
DISEASE.
UT RESEARCHERS WERE STUDYING
BOVINE
LEUKEMIA -- A RARE INFECTION IN
CATTLE.
THE SAME DISEASE THAT KILLED
BEVO 14 -- UT'S FORMER
MASCOT.
I JUST KNEW WHEN HE DIDN'T COME
TO ME THAT SOMETHING WAS REALLY
WRONG
JOHN AND BETTY BAKER HAVE OWNED
THE LAST THREE
BEVOS.
17:25 IN TWO WEEKS TIME APPEARED
TO GO FROM A OKAY TO
ZERO :30
AT 11 YEARS OLD -- BEVO 14 WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH BOVINE
LEUKEMIA.
JOHN BAKER 15:41 IT WENT PRETTY
FAST :42
FAST :42
HE
HE DIED
HE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOOTBALL SEASON THREE
YEARS
YEARS AGO. RESEARCHERS DISCOVERED THE BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS
BEVO HAD -- CONTAINS A PROTEIN--
THE SAME PROTEIN
HUMANS NATURALLY PRODUCE THAT
HELPS PEOPLE
FIGHT HEPATITIS C.
THIS PROTEIN ACTUALLY ATTACKS
THE VIRUS
PROFESSOR UT 18:52-:58
OUR PARTICULAR DISCOVERY HELPS
UNDERSTAND HOW THE VIRUS TAKES
OVER THE CELLS AND MAKES THEM
GROW
MEANING EVEN IN DEATH BEVO IS
SHEDDING A LIGHT ON A
DEADLY DISEASE.
TO THINK THAT IT COULD HELP
SOMEBODY ON THE HUMAN SIDE OF IT
:55>
THE DISCOVERY COULD LEAD TO
BETTER DRUGS.
CONT VO
MEANING EASIER- CHEAPER
TREATMENT FOR THE 3.5 MILLION
AMERICANS LIKE BENSON WHO LIVED
WITH HEPATITIS C FOR
YEARS.
SOT
YEARS. SOT
SOT
SOT REALIZE HOW SICK MY LIVER WAS>
CONT VO DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS --MASKED HIS
SIGNS OF LIVER
DISEASE.
SOT
DISEASE. SOT
SOT
SOT I
SOT I HAD
SOT I HAD HAD IT SINCE THE 70S :00 I
HAD GOTTEN IT FROM A TATTOO AT 12TH AND LAMAR :06
AND THE TWO GUYS I WAS
WITH
WITH PASSED AWAY OF LIVER FAILURE> CLEAN LIVING AND MODERN MEDICINE
HELPED CURE
BENSON... BUT TREATMENT WAS
EXPENSIVE.
THIS WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY
COULD
COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING AS EFFECTIVE OR BETTER AND PERHAPS LESS EXPENSIVE
LESS EXPENSIVE
A
A SURPRISING DISCOVERY FROM A UNIVERSITY KNOWN FOR SO MUCH MORE THAN
ATHLETICS.
THAT'S THE NATURE OF MEDICAL
RESEARCH THESE
DAYS THEY DO INCREDIBLE WORK AND
YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE IT'S
GOING TO COME FROM
WAY TO GO BEVO
PROOF THAT WHAT STARTS HERE --
REALLY DOES CHANGE
THE WORLD.
ONE IN 30 BABY BOOMERS IS
BELIEVED TO BE LIVING WITH
HEPATITIS C.
THE DISEASE CAN LEAD TO LIVER
FAILURE EVEN CANCER
BUT IS CURABLE.
SO DOCTORS RECOMMEND ANYONE BORN
BEFORE 1965 BE
TESTED.
THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE
RESEARCH BEING DONE AT
UT.
AND ONLY PART OF THE BEVO STORY.
TOMORROW AT TEN -- SEE WHAT IT'S
LIKE TO BE FAMILY TO THE
MOST FAMOUS COLLEGE MASCOT IN
THE COUNTRY.
THE COUNTRY.