NY Times Interview with Klimas & Zilch from Cleveland Clinic Conference

[Jimk]

An interview from the New York Times appeared today with Nancy Klimas:
http://consults.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/expert-answers-on-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/ which is informative.

Unfortunately Silverman is playing it close to the vest on what was discussed in the closed door conference at Cleveland Clinic last week in this Plain Dealer news item by Angela Townsend: http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2009/11/cleveland_clinic_conference_pu.html

 

[Advocate]

Unfortunately Silverman is playing it close to the vest on what was discussed in the closed door conference at Cleveland Clinic last week in this Plain Dealer news item by Angela Townsend: http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2009/11/cleveland_clinic_conference_pu.html

The reporter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote, "Silverman's lab has been trying to fill requests as quickly as possible, sending the virus DNA -- not the live virus -- by mail in a test tube. (The researcher can then insert the DNA into human cells in the lab, which makes the actual virus.)"

I was surprised by that. I thought Silverman would be sending RNA.

 

[oerganix]

Klimas says it "appears" you get XMRV from parents

"You're born with it" she says.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ftbsOkYVxE

Interview in Florida, at about 3:50 in the video.

 

[calzy]

Klimas

Does anyone know if Klimas will continue her role/job at the U. of Miami?

 

[Samuel]

Advocate, I have no idea about this, but I wonder if it's pre-insertion DNA, which a researcher can insert into human DNA, thus creating virions.

RNA might be hard to assemble into a virus.

Viruses might be unsafe to send through the mail.

Just a guess.