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Where have I featured and propogated Tsoudero's article on XMRV throughout this website? I mentioned the two articles on the XMRV Buzz briefly and probably engaged in some posts on the Forums but that's it. That's not featuring or propogating that's reporting. Have you checked out the Buzz lately? Those mentions are a drop in the ocean compared to everything else on the Buzz page. If you want to see what I've propagated then look at all the XMRV articles on the website.Explain to me why he chose to feature, and thus to propagate Trine Tsouderos's vitrolic attack on Mikovits through this site, if not to help Trine undermine her: Is he truly not aware of that woman's long, dubious history on autism coverage and anything that even remotely resembles validation of the claim by some parents that their kids got sick after vaccines?
Dr. Mikovits is an excellent and very compassionate researcher with a fine background working with some of the top researchers at the NCI. People with poor research skills do not get into that position. Sure, she's said some things that she probably regretted but the important thing is her Science ....
I would like the CAA to be more aggressive in their advocacy and quicker to take stands on some issues. The success of the ME/CFS Awareness campaign has pointed out some areas where they have been deficient. I think they should be more transparent in their thinking - explain what they are doing. They have not been particularly adept at communicating at times )) There are a number of other things. ....
So there you, once again, have some critiques of the CAA.
I seem to be the only one here who acknowledges the reality that sexism is not a black and white issue
That whole war on this thread was completely unnecessary, and would have been avoided if people had simply read more carefully.
Glad we're back on science.
And glad the attack dogs are back! Oh how I missed thee.
Just heard that it has been confirmed that the Alter/Lo team found no MLV's in the CDC samples. That means these are very, very different populations.....I would have expected at least 10% or so but I don't think they found anything. This could be why they are talking about sample preparation as well....obviously they should have found at least the background rate of MLV infection there - 6% or whatever it was. THey didn't even find that.
Originally Posted by Cort
Cort, where does she say this?
I emailed her asking her to look at the XMRV article I wrote and we talked and she told me that. That is based on their antibody results I believe. If I have this right the antibody results pick up all four strains but differentiate only two. My understanding is that antibodies respond to antigens on proteins. This suggests that two of the strains have synonymous amino acid substitutions; ie while their genome is slightly different they produce the same proteins and they have the same functionaility. The other two are different viruses or variants - I'm not sure the technical term - but my guess, based on all of this, is that they produce slightly different proteins - which different antibodies respond to. I'm just trying to piece this together - I hope its correct.
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Cort, this is exactly where my concern comes from. If you want to write a blog covering the technical aspects of this research, you either have to get your facts straight the first time, or don't post
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With respect, this is an impossible standard to ask of anyone.
No, this is precisely the standard that good science requires.
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Please see:
http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/virulence/article/12486
Detection of an infectious retrovirus, XMRV, in blood cells of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
Judy A. Mikovits, Vincent C. Lombardi, Max A. Pfost, Kathryn S. Hagen and Francis W. Ruscetti
Volume 1, Issue 5
September/October 2010
And glad the attack dogs are back! You've done enough damage.
LOL- I did the damage. funny.
Let's get back to the science in the article. PLease start your own thread about Sexism, Civics, whatever you want to lecture about, somewhere else.
The attack dogs will let you preach in peace.
It is not always possible to know all of the facts, but in science, whenever something is speculation or is not fully understood, this fact is clearly stated, so that noone mixes up the facts with the speculative bits.
I'm wondering if Drs. Alter and Lo are downplaying certain things about the CDC samples because they're trying not to embarrass their buddies at the CDC, while still having their own work be as accurate as possible. I can't imagine what kind of politics must be going on behind the scenes in DC. And whoever gets the new CDC job, I hope they have really thick skin and a very strong backbone.
Maybe y'all could take this argument off the public forum, e-mail privately back and forth or something? I'm looking for useful, hopefully uplifting information about my illness, and the interpersonal vitriol is stressing me and making me feel worse. Surely the crimes of simplification and misinterpretation committed in the press far outweigh what you are arguing about here?
Please? :worried:
With respect, this is an impossible standard to ask of anyone.
ETA: for example, see Dr. Mikovits's publication in Virulence.