Posted by Cort Johnson And if you see some negative papers coming out, don’t be discouraged. It’s going to happen. There are going to be some negative papers. People really jump to do this. And the method is not that easy and getting the right bits and pieces you need together (is not easy)” Dr. Nancy Klimas The Brits Smack XMRV…Or
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2009 In Review
Posted by Cort Johnson EVENTS Biggest Event – what else? XMRV takes the spotlight as no research finding has before, retrovirologists across the world clamor for samples, worry mounts about a tainted blood supply, Hilary Johnson blows into the New York Times Op Ed section, and patients gasp and cross their fingers in hopes that it will all work out. See XMRV
ContinueResearcher of the Year (08) Part II: A Bold Commitment Plus XMRV and the CAA
Posted by Cort Johnson A Bold Effort Collaboration – Dr. Vernon believes increased collaboration will be essential for our research community’s success. She knows the power collaboration can unleash. The Pharmacogenomics projects she lead at the CDC – which ended up thrusting ME/CFS into the research spotlight and helped triggered the National Press Conference – was the result of a
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Posted by Cort Johnson XMRV was next up at the mike at the CFSAC meeting. First Dr. Peterson went over the published research one more time. Hearing it again simply reinforced what an extraordinary discovery XMRV may be. His presentation was, in some ways, though, really just a prelude to Dr. Coffin’s presentation. The co-author of the major text in
ContinueCFSAC Pt I – The Art of Evasion
Posted by Cort Johnson It was as if someone had transported the CFSAC committee to a different planet. Down from their small perch on at top of the building into the main lobby with the banks of lights shining down and three cameramen following their every move one wondered if this might be what the future looks like. The people
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Posted by Cort Johnson “A supernova (pl. supernovae) is a stellar explosion. Supernovae are extremely luminous and cause a burst of radiation that often briefly outshines an entire galaxy” This discovery has the potential for being a world changing event in every way for chronic fatigue syndrome patients. If it really works out – still an if – one almost
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Posted by Cort Johnson The idea that XMRV could be a kind of ‘puppet master’ (eg. Dr. Bell) that allows other infections such as EBV or HHV6 or Lyme or enterovirus to become exacerbated is generating discussion. Dr. Coffin suggested such in his article “A New Virus For Old Diseases”. Dr. Huber, a researcher studying endogenous viral elements in ME/CFS has
ContinueXMRV/XAND Information Center
Posted by Cort Johnson The discovery of the XMRV retrovirus in most chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) patients appears to be a demarcating point in the history of this illness. The publication of the study in Science, the most prestigious scientific journal in the world, by a stellar cast of researchers from the National Cancer Institute, the Cleveland Clinic and the
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Posted by Cort Johnson “Hopefully this will finally make people change their attitudes to this disease.” Dr. Judy Mikovits The news had been in the air for the last week; the Whittemore Peterson Institute was going to publish something big – really big – on Friday. Then early Thursday the news was out – a retrovirus had been
ContinueDr. Chia Produces Herbal Immunodulator – Oxymatrine
Posted by Cort Johnson Dr. Chia, an infectious disease specialist focusing on chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), has finished the production of a pure form of Oxymatrine, an alkaloid derived from the Sophora plant in China. Oxymatrine is used to treat many diseases including hepatitis and cancer there. Oxymatrine has been an important part of Dr. Chia’s protocol for several years
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‘The More You Know the More You’ll Want to Give’: the first Enteroviral Foundation Opens
Posted by Cort Johnson I first met Lisa Faust at the Symposium on Viruses in 2008. She was at a table with a group of women all of whom were battling a similar sounding illness. They were definitely the acute onset infectious disease subset. My mouth dropped as I listened to their stories; some were on complete disability, others had
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