Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums PART 2: 1/17/11 XMRV presentation by Dr. Judy Mikovits and Annette Whittemore Thanks again to Lannie for allowing us to post her very thorough report on Dr. Mikovits lecture. Check out her blog and the original post here. [URL=”https://https://forums.aboutmecfs.org/content.php?321-Dr.-Mikovits-Annette-Whittemore-Santa-Rosa-XMRV-Talk-Jan-17th”]For Part 1 CLICK HERE[/URL] And now back to the story of
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Dr. Mikovits and Annette Whittemore Talk! The Santa Rosa Lecture: Part I by Lannie
Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Thanks to Lannie for allowing us to publish her overview (complete with slide!) of the Jan 17th from talk by Dr. Mikovits and Annette Whittemore. (headings added) Find the original here PART 1: 1/17/11 XMRV presentation by Dr. Judy Mikovits and Annette Whittemore Today I attended “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, the
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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums The CFIDS Association highlighted these two stories on Laura Hillenbrandt in the CFIDSLink and they seemed particularly poignant to me since they focus on her former quite athletic life and her life as it is at present and how this formerly very athletic person deals with such a devastating case
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Posted by Cort Johnson Is 2011 going to be a big year? Yes it is! Some big issues are being decided. XMRV – XMRV has taken a longer than anyone expected but expect some real answers this year with important studies finishing up. * BWG – hopefully news in 6 months * Lipkin – may take up to a year
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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Written by Cort Mary requested this be posted. The Steering Committee is in charge of determining the subjects and reseachers presenting at the NIH State of the Knowledge Workshop in April. Hi everyone. I think by now you know about the NIH workshop in April to prime the pump for
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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums There was something for everybody (or not for everybody) on the Twiv podcast – yes they felt the dangers of contamination were real, no the Retrovirology papers did not prove anything, sequence variation could be confounding results, etc…. Dr. Rein has worked extensively on murine leukemia viruses and HIV. Dr.
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Posted by Cort Johnson Looking for Happiness in an Unwell World #1 Being and Thinking What is ‘be- ing’? It’s very simple – almost too simple; it’s just what it appears to be – it’s just be-ing – it’s the place present just before thought… a place of stillness and peace that spiritual practitioners (and philosophers) assert is who we
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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Dr. Mikovits noted that Dr. Sandra Ruscetti has worked on mouse viruses for almost 40 years. After work on HIV halted work on MLV’s and cancer she saved her reagents….. and these were the reagents the WPI used. Dr. Ruscetti came out of retirement to help out with the current
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Posted by Cort Johnson Australian CFS Science Symposium Overview by Rosamund Vallings This is just a fantastic review by Dr. Vallings of a really exciting Conference Down Under. Lots of new research much of it directed at the immune system and the central nervous system. There are studies on the brain stem, autopsies, CNS inflammation, NPY, neurodegeneration….. Notice that the
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Posted by Cort Johnson Talk about reaching out and communicatingup up up up up up up up up. Dennis Mangan, the leader of the CFS Working Group at the NIH, has set up a ListServe that will automatically send you information from the NIH on what their ME/CFS activities. Bit by bit Dennis is transforming the way the NIH operates
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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Written by Cort Talk about reaching out and communicating. Dennis Mangan, the leader of the CFS Working Group at the NIH, has set up a ListServe that will automatically send you information from the NIH on what their ME/CFS activities. Bit by bit Dennis is transforming the way the NIH
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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Written by Cort Day Two of the Australian Conference by Rosamund Vallings – Conference explicator extraordinaire :) DAY 2 Day 2 was involved in general discussion with various panels looking at clinical matters, case definition, guidelines and research collaboration. Possible name change was also discussed. There was plenty of open
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