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Detection of an Infectious Retrovirus,
XMRV, in Blood Cells of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Recently published research from the UK's Imperial College London (ICL)
regarding the XMRV link to ME/CFS was heavily publicised by the British media. This research cast doubts on the research,
published in Science magazine in October 2009, by the Whittemore-Peterson Institute (WPI), the
Cleveland Clinic and the National Cancer Institute in which 67% of 101
chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients tested positive for infection with xenobiotic murine retrovirus (XMRV), a gammaretrovirus
associated with a subset of prostate cancer.
The Imperial College article in PLoS One
is here.
The Whittemore-Peterson Institute has issued the following
press release in reply to the publication of this research by ICL. The press release in English from the Whittemore-Peterson Institute -
click here.
Further Links:
More details on the original research
published in Science magazine -
click here.
Press release from within UK by charity Invest in ME -
click here
Documented involvement of Viruses in ME/CFS
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click here
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Last Update:
13 February 2010 |
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