New study casts doubt on retrovirus link to cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome - Los Angeles Times

"New study casts doubt on retrovirus link to cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome"

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XMRV in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Prostate Cancer: Where Are We Now?

"The first International Workshop on XMRV earlier this month appears to be consistent with the history of chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) -- lots of arguing, inconsistency and uncertainty."


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Study Links Chronic Fatigue Syndrome to a Class of Virus - NYTimes.com

: "When the journal Science published an attention-grabbing study last fall linking chronic fatigue syndrome to a recently discovered retrovirus, many experts remained skeptical — especially after four other studies found no such association."

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Reno chronic fatigue findings confirmed by federal agency

"Two Reno scientists, who last year discovered a new infectious human retrovirus they linked to chronic fatigue syndrome, said Monday that their findings have been replicated and confirmed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration."

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Pathogen fingered as a potential culprit in chronic fatigue syndrome: little-known retrovirus found in many people with condition.(Body & Brain)(gammaretrovirus ... XMRV)(Report): An article from: Science News

FDA Advisory Committee to Hear About XMRV Working Group’s Research - Health Blog - WSJ

"Public health officials have been working for months to understand whether the XMRV virus poses a risk to the nation’s blood supply. The concern was sparked by a paper published last year in Science that detected the virus in the blood of 67% of chronic fatigue syndrome patients, compared to just 3.7% of healthy controls."

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CDC Team’s XMRV-Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Paper Is Out - Health Blog - WSJ

"The paper is out! Or at least one of them is. Researchers, clinicians and patients in the chronic-fatigue syndrome community have been eagerly awaiting the release of two studies on the relationship between the XMRV virus and CFS, and the journal Retrovirology has just published one of them online"

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Virus leads Canadian Blood Services to ban certain donors

An AIDS-like virus that has been linked to chronic fatigue syndrome is causing Canadian blood officials to ban anyone who has suffered from the ailment from making donations. Read more...



Virus leads Canadian Blood Services to ban certain donors

Recent Comments About XMRV by Stephen Goff, PhD from Columbia University.

Date: February 21, 2010.

The mystery surrounding a retrovirus recently implicated in prostate cancer and possibly chronic fatigue syndrome is beginning to yield clues......Watch an interview of Stephen Goff, PhD from Columbia University about XMRV. In it he says,

The study of XMRV is still in its infancy. Preliminary studies suggest the virus first initially appeared in the mouse --- at least at some point. Currently, there is debate on the percentage of human blood samples the virus has been found in....The mystery surrounding a retrovirus recently implicated in prostate cancer and possibly chronic fatigue syndrome is beginning to yield clues.

Watch video.

Dr. Klimas Interview on XMRV