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Trust science, not scientists

submitted by profvrr on September 28, 2011
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Tags: cfs , chronic fatigue syndrome , retrovirus , viral , virology , virus , xmrv
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Whether or not the retrovirus XMRV is a human pathogen has been debated since the virus was first described in 2006. The answer is now clear: the results of Blood XMRV Scientific Research Group, along with a partial retraction of the 2009 Science paper describing identification of the retrovirus in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) show that detection of XMRV in patient samples is a result of contamination.
 
 

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