I think the last edition of PNAS was the 20th, today would be the new edition.
http://www.pnas.org/
http://www.pnas.org/
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That's not likely with all the people being tested and found positive.
To me, the whole Alter paper thing smacks of a set-up for disappointment for the CFS/ME community. Dr. Alter is not a CFS/ME expert, and his apparent co-author Dr. Lo has worked with CFS patients, sure, but I can only find stuff on the net in that regard for weaponized brucella and military patents relating to scary creepy stuff about mycoplasma microbe research he did on CFS from decades ago.
It makes no sense to pin all hopes for clarity on an unpublished study that has also been effectively quashed at the highest levels of government. Without that study, all of the published zero/zero studies pretty much leave XMRV research stranded in the hinterlands.
Perhaps its time to just let XMRV go in terms of looking to a retroviral pathogen being connected to CFS.
New early edition up, nothing there.
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/recent
Perhaps,
However, as of yet, there is no government approved commercial test for XMRV; it is all pretty much a WPI/VIPdx thing. And it would appear that the WPI is no longer the go-to source for XMRV information as far as the US government is concerned. It is doubtful that any FDA approved test for XMRV will arrive in the near future, given the politics of the microbe. It is also unlikely that a true picture of what is going on "behind the scenes" is readily available on the internet.
Perhaps its time to just let XMRV go in terms of looking to a retroviral pathogen being connected to CFS.
George, if you're right, I will clean-up after your dog for a year, I always have plenty of Food Lion bags handy!
I just wish it was earlier than the 23rd.
Hehehehe, Jimbob if I'm right George is going to open up his very own psychic hotline.
Remember NIH paper on the 23rd and then the FDA will announce a ban between Sept 7th to the 17th.
Matchsticks anyone? (big grins)
Stuart Le Grice, PhD, from the NCI Frederick Laboratory, Frederick, Maryland, described how he and his colleagues have been working to develop a single-copy assay for XMRV DNA, RNA, and serology, based on the assay that was developed for HIV.
"The HIV single copy that was developed at the NCI is regarded as the gold standard assay. We now believe that we have an equivalent assay for XMRV."
Dr. Le Grice and his team have also developed a cell line, dubbed the Derse cell line, which can detect XMRV in as little as 3 days.
He said that the XMRV assay that his lab has developed has been transferred to labs in Sweden, Australia, Vietnam, and South Africa to prove its utility. "Developing an assay is one thing, but transferring it to a laboratory where it can be reproduced is clearly important when we are talking about single copy assay. Contamination is a huge problem, and the ability to transfer these reagents is very important," he noted.
Dr. Le Grice added that the aim of the NCI is to make sure that the assays they have developed are as valid as possible. "Our goal is to develop a series of assays that we feel confident in and to test those head to head with other assays. I think that is really important at the moment. We should start with 6 assays in house, and if we have a problem, I think it is important to sit amongst ourselves and try to understand where those problems are before we disagree with anybody else's assay."
George, this is as good as Paul the Psychic Octopus
I am going with the paper being out in the next two weeks. That's my bet.
The CDC would be better off if they used the otopus to determine who was positive, with a yes box and no box vote.
Wow, you give up easily. This whole XMRV thing is just getting warmed up, and you have already thrown in the towel. Are you serious?!?