UNR virus discovery could lead to new drugs, treatment
American News
Tuesday 29nd December 2009
The story in 2009: A team of researchers of the Whittemore-Peterson Institute at the University of Nevada, Reno discovered a new “bug” that can be transmitted via blood and other human fluids.
Ongoing XMRV Studies
American News
Thursday 24nd December 2009
How excited is the retroviral research community about XMRV? Before the Science paper had even been published retrovirologists had met in San Francisco to start getting their ducks in a row regarding this new discovery. Several weeks after the papers was published 75 retrovirologists met at the Cleveland Clinic to develop their plan of attack.
Carol singers brave bleak midwinter
British News
Tuesday 22nd December 2009
Hardy carol singers braved arctic temperatures on Friday to raise money for a local charity.
Courageous Llangollen teen fighting illness to help others
British News
Tuesday 22nd December 2009
YOUNG Llangollen athletics star Lydia David is refusing to let a painful and debilitating health problem stop her in her tracks.
Coenzyme Q10 deficiency in ME/CFS
American News
Friday 18th December 2009
This paper examines the role of Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), a mitochondrial nutrient which acts as an essential cofactor for the production of ATP in mitochondria and which displays significant antioxidant activities.
Independent confirmation of the relationship between XMRV and ME/CFS in Sweden
British News
Friday 11th December 2009
These findings have caught the attention of the scientific world, but the next steps are equally important. Chief among these is for independent laboratories across the world to attempt the replication of the WPI findings among their own local populations of ME/CFS patients — it is sometimes said that replication studies are where the rubber meets the road in science!
CDC damage control: CFS research group relieved of duties
American News
Thursday 10th December 2009
In a stunning move, responsibility for XMRV research has been taken away from the ME/CFS working group within the CDC, and re-assigned to the division of HIV/AIDS prevention.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Will they believe us now?
American News
Sunday 6th December 2009
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome has been a label many doctors will put on a person when they can't find anything wrong with a person or if they are just tired of the person complaining. The syndrome is very very real and should not be taken lightly.
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