Posted by Cort Johnson WPI Response – Dr. Mikovits reponse to the request for retraction started off with a blast -at none other than the editor in chief of the most influential science journal in the world over what appeared to be a relatively minor issue – a day or so breach in a papers embargo – which she called
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What Science Giveth Science Try to Taketh Away: Science Journal Asks WPI To Retract XMRV CFS Paper
Posted by Cort Johnson One of the most stunning things about the Lombardi et. al XMRV paper on CFS was where it ended up – in Science – the most influential science journal in the world. The fact that the paper landed in such a prestigious journal seemed by itself to confer ‘rightness’; that even though it was a first
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XMRV Buzz: WPI Finally Gets Its XMRV Grant? / Dr. Mikovits in Belfast / Dr. Bell in Mass (5/26)
Posted by Cort Johnson In the year and a half since the WPI’s Science XMRV paper they have received no grants from the federal government to study XMRV, despite several attempts to procure funding. A Gulf War news site (91Outcomes.com) reported back in March that the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) recommended funding 12 new studies, two of which were on XMRV
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XMRV Buzz: WPI Responds and Dr. Singh Talks (May 16th)
Posted by Cort Johnson WPI Response to the Singh Study The WPI’s first response to the negative XMRV CFS Singh paper didn’t take long to come out. (Apparently a longer response will appear in the Journal of Retrovirology). Hiding in Plain Sight? WPI Refutes Contamination Theory – Claims Distinct XMRV is Present – For over a year the WPI has
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XMRV Buzz: Dr. Mikovits/Singh/Lipkin and Deckoff-Jones (!) on the Singh Study (Apr 9th)
Posted by Cort Johnson The Singh Study was a big and important and its not surprising that, even prior to the WPI’s official response – everyone on both sides of the aisle is talking about it. Dr. Mikovits on the Singh Study – Science Mag reported that Dr. Mikovits was astounded that Dr. Singh was unable to find XMRV. Calling
ContinueThe Singh XMRV Study Strikes Out
Posted by Cort Johnson Dr. Singh’s study was one of the ‘biggies’ left. A murine retrovirologist at the University of Utah and the ARUP labs who had been studying (and finding) XMRV in prostate tissues, Dr. Singh started her CFS study about a year ago. Not only did it involve an expert in the field but Dr. Singh was working
ContinueXMRV Buzz (4/10): Take the Survey,
Posted by Cort Johnson Dr. Deckoff Jones Opens Family Survey – Large scale surveys of illness in CFS families , for some reason, have not been done and yet they could open up a wealth of information about what ME/CFS is by showing what susceptibilities exist in the families. We did a poll on Phoenix Rising and was surprised by
ContinueXMRV at the NIH State Of Knowledge Workshop (SOK): The Mikovits –Coffin Debate
Posted by Cort Johnson (There were some formatting and grammatical errors in the first post; this is a revised submission – my apologies) It wasn’t surprising at all to see things get heated with Dr. Coffin and Dr. Mikovits both up at bat at the State of Knowledge Workshop. The moderator, Dr. Alter, handled his job with humor and flair.
ContinueXMRV Buzz – Spinal Fluid Study/ NIH Workshop
Posted by Cort Johnson Spinal Fluid Study Negative for XMRV and other Pathogens – A couple of weeks ago a Schutzer study found abnormal levels of proteins in the spinal fluid of people with ME/CFS but this NIH funded study found no evidence of either XMRV or common pathogens in the spinal fluid of people with ME/CFS. Dr. Schutzer stated
ContinueXMRV Buzz – the Infectious Pathogens Meeting…A Signature of Human Infection Found?
Posted by Cort Johnson I missed the meeting and the video is not up yet but got Dr. Mikovit’s slides and Alex provided a summary as well. (This is a little late but we’ve had trouble posting to the website lately). The high point of Dr. Mikovits talk was her report of finding an human signature of infection in her
ContinueXMRV Buzz: Big Changes at WPI/EBV-XMRV Connection (3/26/11)
Posted by Cort Johnson Big Changes at WPI – Dr. Lombard is taking over Dr. Mikovits position as Research Director and Dr. Mikovits is taking a new position as “Director of Translational Resources” Dr. Mikovits – The WPI’s brief announcement stated Dr Mikovits will now be focused on treatment rather than research; her new duties are to engage “in activities
ContinueXMRV Buzz March 22nd/ New Tech Finds XMRV/Alter Stands Firm / Twiv
Posted by Cort Johnson New Technology finds XMRV – Dr. Lapp sounds quite excited in his recent newsletter. Its not often you read Dr. Lapp reporting “that (the) information relayed this past week to us will change the field of medicine forever”..You don’t hear that very often! He reported that Dr. Urnovitz of Chronix Biomedical Labs. Chronix has developed an incredibly quick and inexpensive way of mapping
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