http://www.wpinstitute.org
http://www.sciencemag.org/
This discovery brought renewed interest to the much-maligned disease and a flurry of research was conducted in order to confirm the link.
On August 23rd 2010, US government scientists validated the link, announcing they had found an association between a family of infectious murine leukaemia viruses and ME/CFS. They reported that 87% of those sampled carried at least one of the retroviruses, along with 7% (1 in 14) of the healthy controls.
http://www.rescindinc.org/
http://www.cfscentral.com/
http://www.pnas.org/conten
http://www.pnas.org/conten
XMRV is similar to HIV, the retrovirus that causes AIDS.
Following the validation study several countries banned ME/CFS patients from giving blood. In many cases these bans are for life.
For more information on XMRV and the Whittemore Peterson Institute, please visit the following site: http://www.wpinstitute.org
If you would like to donate a regular, small amount to help push this research on, then please consider participating in the COUNT ME IN campaign. For more details visit: http://www.facebook.com/no
Key Scientific Papers & Related:
Detection of an Infectious Retrovirus, XMRV, in Blood Cells of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Science http://www.sciencemag.org/
Detection of MLV-related virus gene sequences in blood of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and healthy blood donorshttp://www.pnas.org/content/early
Aug. 23, 2010 – Detection of MLV-related virus gene sequences in blood of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and healthy blood donors PNAS FDA Press Briefinghttp://www.wpinstitute.org
Blood Donor Bans:
http://mcwpa.org/in-the-ne
Pertinent News & Blog Reports:
A Big Splash From an Upstart Medical Center New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/200
New Hope in Fatigue Fight Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/arti
Viruses Found in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients – National Institute of Health NIH Research Matters http://www.nih.gov/researc
The Lingering Mystery of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome http://well.blogs.nytimes.
Exhausted by Illness, and Doubts http://www.nytimes.com/201
XMRV and CFS – It’s not the end http://www.virology.ws/201
Gearing Up for the Big Search for XMRV http://blogs.wsj.com/healt
Other XMRV Links:
Cleveland Clinic - 40% of patients with aggressive prostate cancer have XMRVhttp://www.plospathogens.o
XMRV: Virological, immunological and clinical correlations in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and mantle cell lymphoma http://www.wpinstitute.org
Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus–related Gammaretrovirus in Respiratory Tracthttp://www.cdc.gov/eid/con
COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATING TO XMRV-RELATED DISEASES AND CONDITIONS http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/
Of mice and men: on the origin of XMRV http://www.frontiersin.org
XMRV retrovirus found in 62% of ME patients tested in Lillestrøm, Norway
http://esme-eu.com/news/xm
THE PREVALENCE OF XMRV IN HEALTHY BLOOD DONORS IN JAPANhttp://www.diagnosesupport
1st International Workshop on XMRV: Abstracts in Reviews in Antiviral Therapy & Infectious Diseases 2010_8. Abstracts http://regist2.virology-ed
Distribution of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) infection in chronic fatigue syndrome and prostate cancer Pubmed.govhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.go
A Third Pathogenic and Lymphotropic Human Retrovirus AIDS Review
http://www.aidsreviews.com
**All these were taken from a template on XMRV Bloggerama Day :
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163069410406270&index=1
as I wasn't able to think properly enough today but with wonderful friends like Andrea Pring offering this template I could still take part. Thank you Andrea.x
Great post, Carole; so glad you are helping to spread awareness of this retrovirus, XMRV. Funding is desperately needed to enable this research to continue; without it 17 million people will remain sick... and quite possibly contagious. The research must continue - fund the WPI!
ReplyDeletethank you for taking your time and precious energy to bring accurate education on the matter of ME and the XMRV retrovirus. The governemnts need to take this very seriously for the sake of those 17 million who are already sick and to protect those who as yet are not.
ReplyDeleteWell done on taking up the Bloggorama challenge and sharing this vital information.
ReplyDeleteI used Andrea's template as well. Thank you for taking the time to share even when you are struggling. We need more research and more funding for XMRV research to help the millions of us living this nightmare of ME/CFS!
ReplyDeletewell done you, making people aware of the great work the WPI are doing on XMRV, an sharing your story about life with ME, thank you chris xx
ReplyDeleteHi :) Thanks for blogging today! I used the same template (thank you, Andrea!) as I didn't have a brain that would cooperate. I've blogged about XMRV severalt times before, though... in Norwegian. :) Today it's all English. :)
ReplyDeleteBig hugs from Norway
Thank you for posting, and sharing this important information!
ReplyDeleteHi Carole,
ReplyDeleteInteresting news regarding XMRV. Nicely summarized.
I am amazed at the potential for discovery in this field.
I think it is important to support the WPI because they make a lot of good research with little budget. They need out money, we need their research.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wpinstitute.org/
Funding and right kind of research is the key.
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