Publication of XMRV papers should not be blocked
…Retrovirology, failed to find a link between XMRV and CFS. Its publication has also been placed on hold. According to ScienceInsider: The contradiction has caused “nervousness” both at PNAS and…
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TWiV 89: Where do viruses vacation?
…ME/CFS, reassortment of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in swine, and where influenza viruses travel in the off-season. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV089.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download…
TWiV 98: Murine musings, electric shirts, and rabid pathologists
…in the blood of CFS patients and healthy donors, laboratory inventories for wild poliovirus containment, weaving high-performance viral batteries into fabric for the military, and a case of human rabies…
TWiV 136: Exit XMRV
…of XMRV (Science Express) No evidence of gammaretroviruses in XMRV-positive CFS patients (Science Express) Editorial expression of concern (Science) Absence of XMRV in CFS patients (J Virology) TWiV on Facebook…
Live chat on XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome
…paper suggesting that a mouse retrovirus called XMRV might be involved in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a debilitating disease with no known cause. The study raised worries that XMRV might…
Admit when you are wrong
…TWiV #150. I had intended for the image to be a counterpoint to T-shirts worn by CFS patients proclaiming them to be ‘XMRV Positive’. I felt it was equally important…