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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Research into XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)
XMRV – the Potential For Change
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
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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
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