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XMRV Buzz: Annette Whittemore Confident/ A New Strain or Not?/ Another Failed HIV Attempt

Posted by Cort Johnson Annette Whittemore on Nevada Newsmakers. Looking calm and composed Annette Whittemore stated that she had been prepared for negative studies in this field but not for a stream of negative studies using protocols that were different from those used in the Lombardi study. (This must have been difficult to watch but was probably inevitable as researchers

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[Newsletter] XMRV’s Worst Week/Coalition4ME/CFS Acts

Posted by Cort Johnson XMRV – The XMRV virus theory took its worst shots yet as two more negative studies appeared in the influential Science Journal. Science then requested that the authors of the original paper retract the original paper, which they refused to. In response, Science slapped an “Expression of Concern” attachment on the paper citing serious questions about

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Coalition4ME/CFS Puts Out Call For Action on DSM-5 Proposal

Posted by Cort Johnson The Coalition4ME/CFS – a coalition of US ME/CFS non-profit organizations – has issued a Call to Action on the impending DSM-5 proposal and provided information to assist organizations and patients in writing their own letter to the American Psychiatric Association. The submission period ends June 15th.  THE COALITION ANNOUNCEMENT DSM-5 Background: Why this call to action

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