Posted by Cort Johnson Dr. Cheney Reports – in his latest newsletter – or at least that part of which is available for free – Dr. Cheney reports news on the serology tests emanating from VIP Dx. Earlier Dr. Mikovits noted that antibody tests picked up more positives than PCR tests.Dr. Cheney noted that 2 out of the three people
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Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) Research
XMRV Buzz (11/24) – The Singh XMRV Patent – The Next Cancer for XMRV? Prostate Cancer Results…
Posted by Cort Johnson The Next Cancer for XMRV? – JMK on the MECFS Forums snuffed out Dr. Singh’s XMRV patent application and then XMRV Global Action highlighted the most relevant sections and here we are with what is easily the most exciting news for XMRV since the Science paper was published in October of last year. The patent application
ContinueXMRV Buzz Nov 21st – Mice, Dr. Enlander and being ‘Undefeated’
Posted by Cort Johnson The XMRV Buzz -short takes on the world of XMRV – will now be appearing regularly on the “Bringing the Heat” Blog Unbroken – the Louis Zamperini and Laura Hillenbrand Story – no it’s not about XMRV but it is about Lauren Hillenbrand and that means CFS. She is a great spokeswoman for CFS and Louis
ContinueXMRV at the Tipping Point – A Tale of Two Conferences
Posted by Cort Johnson Looking back it was just another week with XMRV; a very intense one for sure, but just another up and down week for the virus that has captured our attention for the last year. Lenny Jason came up to the lunch table at the break and asked what we thought of the presentations. A bit overwhelmed
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Posted by Cort Johnson The XMRV International Workshop is over, the Alter paper was finally published….we seem to be in a kind of lull….what is next for XMRV and ME/CFS? Of course anything could happen at any time (and has) but we do have some clues. First, though, let’s take a look at where we are. The XMRV Studies page
ContinueBatter Up! the XMRV/MLV Debate Continues
Posted by Cort Johnson Dr. McClure has been publicly pretty clear that she believes XMRV is not present in ME/CFS. Last week she hinted about an article soon to come out that will explain just how contamination caused XMRV to pop up in ME/CFS patients. Now to her credit she and her Imperial College retrovirologists have put their pen where
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Posted by Cort Johnson Dr. Singh An Old Murine Leukemia Virus (MLV) Hand Dr. Singh knows these viruses well and she’s not surprised at the difficulty researchers are having pining them down. She has been studying XMRV for four years and a close relative of it (Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus) for 12 years. ](How lucky we were that a major
ContinueLost in the World? the Romberg Test and ME/CFS
Posted by Cort Johnson Standing is just not a pleasant experience for many people with CFS. The autonomic nervous systems of a chunk of people with ME/CFS dysfunction when they stand up – sending their heart rates soaring, their blood vessels opening instead of closing and , their brains into confusion due to lack of oxygen. But even if they
ContinueLot’s of Questions at Int. XMRV Work Shop Q&A…and one BIG Answer?
Posted by Cort Johnson No ‘Flip’ Yet: The Workshop did not, as we hoped, turn out to be the place where the research world flipped from worrying about how to find the virus to figuring out what it does and how it does it. According to one report Dr. Ruscetti said he, at least, was turning his attention from diagnosis
ContinueFour Viruses! Alter Paper Confirms Retroviral Activity in CFS
Posted by Cort Johnson Kim McCleary stated that the Alter paper was the most anticipated research paper on ME/CFS ever and she was surely right. Demonstrating a remarkable online viral spread of its own Kim reported over 150 media outlets quickly jumped on the XMRV story. The story sent attendance at the Phoenix Rising Forums zooming, quickly breaking the record
ContinueCAA Talks with the Experts on XMRV
Posted by Cort Johnson The CFIDS Association started off what’s going to be an exciting week for XMRV with a CFIDLINKs devoted to asking the experts about XMRV. Fittingly enough Dr. Lo and Alter were first. After noting that both groups, the Alter/Lo and WPI/NCI/Cleveland Clinic groups had found a similar ‘strong association’ between murine Leukemia retroviruses (in one case
ContinueVindication? Dr. Mikovits Breaks the News on the FDA XMRV Study
Posted by Cort Johnson Several weeks prior to publication Dr. Mikovits spilled the beans on the XMRV FDA study stating in an interview with RGJ.Com, what has seemed to be more and more obvious – that the FDA paper in press is going to confirm the WPI’s findings when it is released. While no one yet had directly said so,
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