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    Dr. Cheney comments on the XMRV workshop

    This is Dr. Cheney's quote: However, the virus was found more or less in every organ, at least initially, and thought to be carried around the body in T-cells and B-cells during the active phase of infection. This is consistent with the ubiquitous nature of the Xpr1 receptor used by the virus...
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    Dr. Alter Paper embargo ends today at 3:00pm, press conference today

    What is a telebriefing? ETA: bad brainfog, telephone briefing of course.
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    News from WPI symposium: Name change to be proposed for XMRV

    My source said things reported here and also Aug 23rd for paper.
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    XMRV Positive(Latent)Negative(Active)

    I think I read on this forum that not everyone had abnormal Rnasel that tested positive for XMRV in the study, but I have long stopped being able to find stuff on here, so I am not even positive about that. Good questions, but I do not know the answer to your other questions, but maybe someone will.
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    XMRV Positive(Latent)Negative(Active)

    Lurking and first post here. As explained to me by someone in regards to XMRV: Latent can mean two things with retroviruses, it can be incorporated into the DNA and silent or it can be expressing viral proteins, such as envelope protein or gag protein. It can be expressing other viral proteins...