Virology
David Tuller’s Fundraiser
By Vincent Racaniello | 06-01-2017 | Uncategorized
If you appreciate the articles written here by David Tuller on ME/CFS, please consider supporting him financially at Crowdrise. David is an investigative reporter with a doctorate in public health from the University of California, Berkeley. Since the fall of 2015, David has waged a determined effort to expose the methodological and ethical problems with the PACE …
TWiV Special: Trial by Error, Continued
By Vincent Racaniello | 05-31-2017 | This Week in Virology
David Tuller returns to discuss the continuing saga of the UK’s PACE trial for chronic fatigue syndrome, including the accusation that he is engaging in libelous blogging. You can find this TWiV Special at microbe.tv/twiv, or listen below. Click arrow to play Download TWiV Special (31 MB .mp3, 50 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV!
TWiV 443: On a leaf, no one can hear you scream
By Vincent Racaniello | 05-28-2017 | This Week in Virology
The TWiVsters reveal the puppet master: an RNA virus injected with wasp eggs that paralyzes the ladybug so that she protects the cocoon until the adult emerges. You can find TWiV #443 at microbe.tv/twiv, or listen below. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 443 (66 MB .mp3, 108 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV!
Bodyguard manipulation by a virus
By Vincent Racaniello | 05-25-2017 | Basic virology, Information
Host behavior alteration by viruses is known to assist the development of another organism. An example is a parasitoid wasp that injects viruses along with eggs into a caterpillar. The viral genomes encode proteins that subvert the caterpillar immune response, allowing the wasp larva to develop. A similar strategy may enable safe development of a …
TWiV 442: The New York Tim
By Vincent Racaniello | 05-21-2017 | This Week in Virology
Freelance science journalist Tim Requarth joins the TWiVers to explain why scientists should stop thinking that explaining science will fix information illiteracy. You can find TWiV #442 at microbe.tv/twiv, or listen below. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 442 (70 MB .mp3, 116 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV!
Twenty-five lectures in virology for 2017
By Vincent Racaniello | 05-16-2017 | Basic virology, Information
Every year I teach a virology course to undergraduates and masters students at Columbia University. I record video and audio of each of the twenty-five lectures and release them on YouTube – so that not only the students but the rest of the world can learn about the amazing field of virology. With the spring …
David Tuller
Trial By Error: Null Results in Physiotherapy Trial for Functional Motor Disorder
04-21-2025
By David Tuller, DrPH *This is a crowdfunding month at University of California, Berkeley. If you appreciate my work and would like to make a donation (tax-deductible to US taxpayers) to the university in support of my position, here’s the link: https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/46120 It must be tough for investigators when a major study seeking to assess the …
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Trial By Error: New Zealand GP Group Disavows Lightning Process Endorsement; BBC’s Con or Cure Takes Skeptical Look at LP
04-16-2025
By David Tuller, DrPH *This is a crowdfunding month at University of California, Berkeley. If you appreciate my work and would like to make a donation (tax-deductible to US taxpayers) to the university in support of my position, here’s the link: https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/46120 ********** “A small step in New Zealand” Sometimes there is modest good news. In …
Trial By Error: My Visits with Alem Matthees, 2025
04-14-2025
By David Tuller, DrPH *This is a crowdfunding month at University of California, Berkeley. If you appreciate my work and would like to make a donation (tax-deductible to US taxpayers) to the university in support of my position, here’s the link: https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/46120 ********** In 2018, I spent six weeks in Australia, visiting multiple cities on a …
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Trial By Error: A 2015 Letter from the Countess of Mar to Suzanne O’Sullivan
04-14-2025
By David Tuller, DrPH *This is a crowdfunding month at University of California, Berkeley. If you appreciate my work and would like to make a donation (tax-deductible to US taxpayers) to the university in support of my position, here’s the link: https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/46120 Before she retired from the House of Lords a few years ago, the Countess …
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Trial By Error: Suzanne O’Sullivan’s “Psychosomatic” Mis-Diagnoses
04-10-2025
By David Tuller, DrPH *This is a crowdfunding month at University of California, Berkeley. If you appreciate my work and would like to make a donation (tax-deductible to US taxpayers) to the university in support of my position, here’s the link: https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/46120 Neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan has been conducting a media blitz for her new book, …
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Trial By Error: Some Things I’ve Read Recently…
04-10-2025
By David Tuller, DrPH Lisa McCorkell leaves Patient-Led Research Collaborative after five years… Way back in 2020, when it became clear that some people were experiencing prolonged symptoms after an acute bout of COVID-19, Lisa McCorkell helped found the Patient-Led Research Collaborative (PLRC). The organization grew out of an online health-related support group, which published …