Trust science, not scientists
…XMRV in patient samples is a result of contamination. The Blood XMRV group obtained new blood samples from 15 individuals previously shown to be positive for XMRV (Lombardi et al.,…
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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…
TWiV 113: Alan Rein on XMRV
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Alan Rein On episode #113 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, and Rich discuss the retrovirus XMRV with retrovirologist…
Science retracts paper on detection of XMRV in CFS patients
Bruce Alberts, Editor-in-Chief of Science magazine, writes that the journal is retracting the 2009 paper describing the detection of the retrovirus XMRV in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: Science is…
Ian Lipkin on XMRV
…and assayed for the presence of XMRV. After the recent publication by Ila Singh on XMRV in CFS patients, Dr. Lipkin sent me the following note: Dear Vince- We have…
Publication of XMRV papers should not be blocked
The findings by the NIH and FDA that XMRV is associated with chronic fatigue syndrome has been accepted for publication by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)….