This year in virology
…prostate cancer cell lines XMRV is a recombinant virus from mice Ian Lipkin on XMRV Ila Singh finds no XMRV in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome Authenticity of XMRV integration…
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Murine gammaretroviruses in prostate cancer cell lines
The retrovirus XMRV arose during passage of a human prostate tumor in nude mice. The genomes of these mice contain two different proviral DNAs related to XMRV, pre-XMRV-1 and pre-XMRV-2,…
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the CDC: A Long, Tangled Tale
…CFS. (In the meantime, in a bizarre and unsettling turn of events, the senior author of the original XMRV paper, Dr. Judy Mikovits, is engaged in a fierce legal battle…
Admit when you are wrong
One of the lessons learned from XMRV is that it’s important for scientists to admit when they are wrong. That is why I took down the image originally posted with…
Raltegravir inhibits murine leukemia virus: implications for chronic fatigue syndrome?
…known if raltegravir is active against XMRV, the retrovirus associated with chronic fatigue syndrome. Given the similarity between the genomes of MLV and XMRV it seems likely that the drug…
Why John Coffin doesn’t sleep well
…accompanied the publication by Lombardi and colleagues of the finding of the new retrovirus XMRV in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, and has spoken widely about whether this virus has…