Cort
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It is possible the WPI are better able to find XMRV/MRV in the blood than Dr. Singh.
The WPI have said more than one time, i think, that the blood is not a good place to look for MRV.
I would be very surprised if Dr. Singh was not, at least at this point, much better at finding XMRV than in the blood than the WPI was a year and a half ago. Virtually every researcher should be better at this point than the WPI was back then. Why? Because we know so much more about XMRV. All its proteins have been painstakingly isolated; they know which receptors it enters through, extensive genetic analyses have been done....specific antibody tests have been developed for it. More PCR tests have been developed and they are more sensitive than ever....they know which kind of fluids test best, whether storage conditions are a problem.....blah blah blah
Remember that the WPI put out a paper indicating that they had changed their testing procedures since the original study...
'The WPI used a gag and an env test and an antibody test that was not specific to XMRV. Dr. Singh used 9 tests including several from the original paper. She is working with one of the top speciality diagnostic labs in the country (ARUP_. Given her resources I would expect that she would able to come with a better test than the WPI, I would think. After all she's been studying XMRV longer than they have...