De-discovering pathogens: Viral contamination strikes again
…the retrovirus XMRV, initially implicated as the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome, and later shown to be a murine virus that contaminated human cells grown in mice? Another virus thought…
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Can a virus be revived?
In Carl Zimmer’s New York Times article describing the recovery of the giant virus Pithovirus sibericum from the Siberian permafrost, he used the words revive and resurrect. Can a virus…
N.Y. Times: H5N1 ferret research should not have been done
…terrorists. €¦the new virus€¦ought to be destroyed. The intent of the experiments was not to create a doomsday virus, but to answer questions about why the H5N1 virus transmits well…
Trial By Error: A Letter to BMJ Open
…In 2011, BMJ Open published a paper called Unidentified Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is a major cause of school absence: surveillance outcomes from school-based clinics [1]. In the study,…
Trial By Error: Yet Another Go-Round with BMJ Open
…school absence: surveillance outcomes from school-based clinics, does not conform to any definition of service evaluation, including, most importantly, the clear guidelines from the U.K. Health Research Authority. Virology Blog…
A Statement in Support of Cochrane
…School Boston, Massachusetts, USA School of Psychology University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland Bela Chheda, MD Center for Complex Diseases Mountain View, California, USA Member, The ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at…