XMRV ipetitions.com:
A new human retrovirus, XMRV, has been found in a significant percentage of patients with prostate cancer, as well as those with ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome).
Researchers around the world are working hard to determine the ramifications of the discoveries. Of particular concern is whether XMRV, like the other known human retroviruses HIV and HTLV, causes serious diseases.
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute co-sponsored a study published on 20 December 2010 (Hue et al), which proposed but did not prove that XMRV may not be a genuine human pathogen, and, accordingly, any earlier research which found XMRV in these two diseases could be flawed due to mouse contamination.
That same day, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute also issued a press release stating that XMRV was not the cause of ME/CFS. Yet this conclusion was not supported by the cited study of Hue et. al. which made no such claim, and did not demonstrate XMRV was not a human pathogen.
The statement was quickly picked up by members of the media, and some rushed to proclaim there was no association between the retrovirus XMRV and ME/CFS, or as the press release stated, XMRV did not cause ME/CFS.
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