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Viral reproduction and replication

Most contemporary virologists use the term replication to indicate either the production of new virus particles or viral genomes. Because these are very different processes, during the preparation of the fourth edition of the textbook Principles of Virology, the authors decided to use the word reproduction to designate the production of new infectious virus particles, …

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Trial By Error: NHS ME/CFS Clinics Lax on Treatment Harms, Study Finds

By David Tuller, DrPH In the last few years, the Journal of Health Psychology has provided a valuable platform for researchers, academics, and other experts who have challenged the claims made in the discredited PACE trial and other research from the CBT/GET ideological brigades. Last month, the journal published a revealing and useful paper from …

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Trial By Error: Our Exchange with BMJ Journal about “Correction” of LP Study

By David Tuller, DrPH Same-Day Update: I forwarded our response to Dr Brown’s letter (see below) to Dr Fiona Godlee, BMJ’s editorial director. I also cc-d others on my e-mail to Dr Godlee. Here’s what I wrote: Dear Fiona– Dr Brown, the editor-in-chief of Archives of Disease in Childhood, sent a message to Professor Racaniello …

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Trial By Error: Mary Dimmock on CDC’s New Evidence Review

By David Tuller, DrPH I have lately been focusing more time and posts on developments in the UK than in the US. I guess that’s not too surprising. After all, this whole project began as an investigation of the PACE trial, conducted by British experts in British health care centers and published in British journals. …

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Trial By Error: Some Thoughts on MUS and Bermingham; My Letter to Professor Payne

By David Tuller, DrPH In February, I wrote a post tracking how a core finding from Bermingham et al, a 2010 study, has been misrepresented repeatedly in claims about the costs to the National Health Service of so-called medically unexplained symptoms.” The misrepresented finding has been cited by proponents of an NHS effort to divert …

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Trial By Error: My Letter to Professor Chew-Graham about the Cost of MUS

By David Tuller, DrPH In multiple venues, Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham of Keele University has misstated the reported cost of so-called “medically unexplained symptoms” to the NHS. Professor Roger Jones, editor of the British Journal of General Practice, recently corrected such a misstatement in a 2017 editorial written by Professor Chew-Graham and several colleagues. (Thank you, …

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