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I think the last edition of PNAS was the 20th, today would be the new edition.
http://www.pnas.org/
ROFLMTO, heeehehehe, and they still couldn't find a positive. I heart Le Grice! Hey Shrewsy, see I think it's the test that the DHHS has been waiting on. They didn't want to let the positive stuff through till they could tell the public that they had a test that was reliable. Cause folks is gonna want that test. So they had to have that first. Now with a test good to go hey, they could release the flood gates tomorrow. But I think they will stretch it out a bit to get the test properly "validated" and make lots of em so they will be available for when it fit hits the shan. (grins)
I've got a nice Darjeeling I'll send you. (big silly smiles)
UUUmmmmm (lick chops, drool, lick chops, drool) Kitty's, ickel, bitty, itty kittys. (slurps)
No George! Leave it!
Humph! One little nibble and I'm sending the chinchilla after you!
The CFIDS Association of America To Andrea's original question: having spoken to several people closely connected to the FDA/NIH study who are here at the FDA meeting (including Dr. Alter), the PNAS paper will be published; the date is up to the journal. They each said that additional public attention and/or political pressure would be unwelcome. They want the data to speak for itself and for it to undergo the same critical analysis (once published) that is such important element of the scientific process.
Just pulled this CAA comment off their wall. Might go towards explaining why Alter has kept his head down.
Andrea Martell Why is the CAA not using money donated to it by patients to run ads in Washington pointing out the association of XMRV to CFS? Why is it not pointing out to the general public that the government is interfering in scientific publications that effect the blood supply?
Just pulled this CAA comment off their wall. Might go towards explaining why Alter has kept his head down.
Then they should simply state publicly they are going to produce the paper.
So what the CAA is telling us is that they (some nebulous government agencies apparently too scared of their own tale to go on the record) don't like criticism. WOW. I'm glad they stretched their powers of association and used their top of the line "inside" information to inform us that government agencies don't like scrutiny. WELL THANKS. I would have guessed that much myself.
PNAS has not officially re-accepted the paper, that's what Prof. Schekman told Mindy Kitei. But in context it seemed like the matter of re-acceptance was, if not quite perfunctory, at least expected to go smoothly.
why dont they quit stuffing around with PNAS and take it to another journal. this is getting beyond a joke.