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    Dr. Kerr, I presume?

    Dr. Kerr is mistaken: here are those responsible for setting up the testing at VIPdx and who ran the lab. The money went into WP bio. The research lab was fully funded by grants so where did the money go once VIPdx proceeds were sent to WP bio?And also remember that Vipdx was privately owned by...
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    Innate Immune Changes in the Peripheral Blood

    Identification of Replication Competent Murine Gammaretroviruses in Commonly Used Prostate Cancer Cell Lines Using a combination of both immunohistochemistry with broadly-reactive murine leukemia virus (MLV) anti-sera and PCR, we determined if additional prostate cancer or other cell lines...
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    Innate Immune Changes in the Peripheral Blood

    Retraction for Schlaberg et al., XMRV is present in malignant prostatic epithelium and is associated with prostate cancer, especially high-grade tumors Robert Schlaberga,1 Daniel J. Choeb, Kristy R. Browna, Harshwardhan M. Thakerb Ila R. Singha, The authors wish to note, “Due to work...
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    Innate Immune Changes in the Peripheral Blood

    FDA has reviewed the currently available scientific information and has considered the public comments submitted to the Docket No. 96M-0311 and expressed at recent PHS-sponsored public workshops on xenotransplantation regarding the use of nonhuman primate xenotransplantation. Based on this...
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    Innate Immune Changes in the Peripheral Blood

    Xenotropic MLV Envelope Proteins Induce Tumor Cells to Secrete Factors that Promote the Formation of Immature Blood Vessels – This 2013 research by Dr. Gary Owens of the University of Virginia provides evidence that envelope proteins on the surface of murine leukemia viruses can affect cancer...
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    Innate Immune Changes in the Peripheral Blood

    So does anyone feel like trashing this researcher too for publishing her chapter work in the same Nova Book? It's chapter V, and she did it as an abstract too. Oh and it costs $100.00 to access it: Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Current Approaches and Future Directions (pp. 79-90)...
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    Innate Immune Changes in the Peripheral Blood

    [1] Goetz, D.L.S. Cellular Immune Changes in the Peripheral Blood of Subjects Chronically Infected with XMRV. 128 (ProQuest, 2010). These data were submitted in partial fulfillment for Ph.D. requirements in October 2010 at University of Nevada-Reno So ask why would Peterson and Ex-UNR...
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    Innate Immune Changes in the Peripheral Blood

    Yes Lipkin and Horning must have been paying attention because this is all original serology, cytokine and Cellular Immune Changes research which includes this from 2010: [1] Goetz, D.L.S. Cellular Immune Changes in the Peripheral Blood of Subjects Chronically Infected with XMRV. 128...
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    ProHealth: Plague: An interview with Judy Mikovits

    Xenotropic MLV envelope proteins induce tumor cells to secrete factors that promote the formation of immature blood vessels. From Conclusion: "the results suggest that xenograft approaches commonly used in the study of human cancer promote the evolution of novel retroviruses with pathogenic...
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    ProHealth: Plague: An interview with Judy Mikovits

    Murine Endogenous Retroviruses in Human Cancer Cell Lines The lesson of XMRV is a potentially important one. The fact that XMRV arose from xenotransplantation (i.e., xenografting) of CWR22Rv1 through mice – a very common practice when developing cancer cell lines – is particularly concerning...
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    ProHealth: Plague: An interview with Judy Mikovits

    And let's not forget the retroviruses they found in the xenograft and other cell lines. Oops how did they get in there? And how long has that been happening and they were unaware? Infection of xenotransplanted human cell lines by murine retroviruses: a lesson brought back to light by XMRV 17...
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    ProHealth: Plague: An interview with Judy Mikovits

    Here's more from the FDA Guidelines: Risks Associated with Nonhuman Primate Xenotransplantation Viruses that are not pathogenic in their natural host reservoirs may, in some cases, be highly pathogenic when transmitted to a new host species. Consequently, the recipient of a xenotransplant...
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    ProHealth: Plague: An interview with Judy Mikovits

    When are the Whittemore's going to take responsibility for "their" bogus test sold from "their" for-profit clinical lab VIPdx which was owned by the Whittemore's and Lombardi. Of which Lombardi was in charge of the lab and the testing. And by the way "The Whittemore's" would have approved for...
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    ProHealth: Plague: An interview with Judy Mikovits

    Conclusions and Recommendations The following conclusions and recommendations are based on workshop presentations and discussions, as well as review of relevant materials and extensive discussions among the committee. This chapter presents those conclusions and recommendations along with the key...
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    ProHealth: Plague: An interview with Judy Mikovits

    3 Infectious Disease Risk to Public Health Posed by Xenografting This chapter was drawn largely from the workshop Session II: Infectious Issues. Thus, the majority of the chapter summarizes workshop presentations. Where useful for background, some sections have been supplemented with additional...
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    ProHealth: Plague: An interview with Judy Mikovits

    Frequent Detection of Infectious Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus (XMLV) in Human Cultures Established from Mouse Xenografts Purpose To investigate the frequency of xenotropic murine leukemia virus (MLV) presence in human cell lines established from mouse xenografts and to search for the...
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    WPI wants our blood for a study

    Oh and there's no question who did the cytokine and chemokine research for all of the data on the NIH grant. Dr. Mikovits did the work and data on all the 225 UK study subjects in cytokine and chemokine 48 markers in August of 2011, as it was the grant she was the PI for. Remember Lombardi...
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    WPI wants our blood for a study

    Still asking the question, exactly how was Lombardi paid if he worked at VIPdx since 2009? And how did he come up with new revised non-validated cheaper versions of XMRV tests at VIPdx for sale, which would need the approval from his bosses, the Whittemores? Where did the money go from VIPdx...
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    Generation of replication-competent retroviruses--combining PreXMRV-1 and PreXMRV-2

    What this paper is showing is that when PreXMRV 1 and 2 are mixed with another cell line 293T that the virus it generated produced multiple replication competent retroviruses. They went on to say that they did not produce XMRV RCR's. So what were these replication competent retroviruses. It is...
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    XMRV testing: The REDLABS, trading as VIP Dx, WPI connection

    Lombardi claimed they were clinically validated,although I have no idea what "internally" is supposed to mean: “The “XMRV test” offered by VIP Dx is clinically validated and performed under rigorous protocols to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the test results. XMRV testing was offered...
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    Daily Beast: Interview with Mikovits who tells her side of events...

    There were several articles published that said the retrovirus was found in 2008 when they found it in the original 2 blood samples. That was well before this 2009 issue when most of the work had already been done, and the paper was on it's way to Science.
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    Article: Turning the Corner? University Gives WPI Strong Show of Support

    Think they will now? http://www.ktvn.com/story/18721519/lobbyist-harvey-whittemore-indicted
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    Article: CFIDS Association Commits to Open Science Movement, Seeks to Bolster CFS Research Field

    And a big thank you to Dr. Judy Mikovits for getting our illness the recognision it should have been getting years ago!
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    INVESTIGATE WPI/UNR MISUSE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS - Petition please sign

    Please sign the petition if you would like to find out how tax dollars are being used here. INVESTIGATE WPI/UNR MISUSE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS http://www.change.org/petitions/investigate-wpiunr-misuse-of-taxpayer-funds Why This Is Important This Petition is sponsored by the...
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    Harvey Whittemore sued

    Yes and it was most likely Annette got the check from her husband (him being the treasurer) and the money could have been written out of the Wingfield books as going to Mikovits. Doesn't mean anything went directly to her from them. Could be it got deposited into a WPI account then a new check...
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    Harvey Whittemore sued

    I saw this sample letter where patients can withdraw from the studies. January 16th, 2012 Send E-mail to: info@wpinstitute.org cbeisel@niaid.nih.gov Christopher E. Beisel Ph.D. NIH Grant Coordinator...
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    Harvey Whittemore sued

    It would appear that WPI seems to have many things disappear. Money and maybe records to go along with it. Wonder what else could just disappear? And there is this thing of taxpayer grants. hmmm
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    HGRVs - Constructive general discussion - for exploring HGRV research

    The research Director for VIPdx was and has always been Lombardi. Why do you think he didn't mention Judy's name. And just who is the Research Director for the institute is what patients should be asking. Just who is it that has always been making the decisions related to VIP. Look to the...
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    VIPdx Statement from Vince Lombardi re: Testing

    Wouldn't matter if it was claimed to be experimental. It all depends on how the tests were supposedly validated. They are claiming it was done within the clinic. It is still worth asking for a refund. I would also think it be worth asking if they did same testing that was done at the research...
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    VIPdx Statement from Vince Lombardi re: Testing

    Do to the situation on the validity of the VIPdx tests. Also since VIPdx have not been forthcoming, and have actually been giving patients the runaround, regarding the reliability of their xmrv tests. Anyone that was tested at VIP dx should ask for a full refund of their money.