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During the Q&A session at the XMRV Conference this week, Dr John Mellor, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases Director, HIV/AIDS Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center,
Made a confusing statement regards XMRV, he made the suggestion that XMRV could be a microepidemic being transferred parenterally, his statement from the conference is as follows.......
I read that a CFS sufferer wanted further explanation about what Dr Mellor meant and so wrote him an email, his reply i've seen posted on a few forums, is as follows.....
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As a physician investigator I try to keep an open mind to possibilities for why XMRV is being detected in some patients with CFS but not others. One possible "far out" explanation, for which I nor anyone else has data yet to support [bold in original], is that a product is being injected or infused into some patients that is contaminated with or derived from mouse cells containing XMRV or MLVs. There are unregulated products without quality controls being advertised and some of these may be used by patients with CFS who are desperate for relief from their symptoms.
There have been several well documented instances of contamination of vaccines and medical products with transmissable agents, despite regulation and quality control procedures in place. So, the potential for this occuring with unregulated/uncontrolled products is real and should be considered.
John
John W. Mellors, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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I personally feel insulted by Dr Mellor and feel he has insulted the CFS community. He is suggesting that people in the UK who have CFS, are injecting or being infused behind closed doors, In the UK it is VERY hard to use unregulated products without quality controls, Maybe he should come and live in the UK and see how hard it is to get drugs.
We are ill....we have not injected XMRV into our bodies.
Made a confusing statement regards XMRV, he made the suggestion that XMRV could be a microepidemic being transferred parenterally, his statement from the conference is as follows.......
Dr. Mellors: So just to shift gears a little bit. I’d also like to make a plea that CFS and prostate cancer be separated as follows. The epidemiology of putative XMRV or other MLV acquisition related to prostate cancer may be completely different from that of individuals with CFS. For instance you go on the internet and look at what types of therapies that individuals with CFS can acquire – and that’s in the public domain – it’s frightening. And what is given to them behind closed doors in desperation it leads the imagination astray to wonder what’s actually happening– and could there be a completely different microepidemic being transferred parenterally with CFS that has absolutely nothing to do with acquisition of a retrovirus related to prostate cancer. So I really think we have to draw a line and not say the epidemiology is the same for both entities Nor, most of us would agree the pathogenesis is not the same.
I read that a CFS sufferer wanted further explanation about what Dr Mellor meant and so wrote him an email, his reply i've seen posted on a few forums, is as follows.....
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As a physician investigator I try to keep an open mind to possibilities for why XMRV is being detected in some patients with CFS but not others. One possible "far out" explanation, for which I nor anyone else has data yet to support [bold in original], is that a product is being injected or infused into some patients that is contaminated with or derived from mouse cells containing XMRV or MLVs. There are unregulated products without quality controls being advertised and some of these may be used by patients with CFS who are desperate for relief from their symptoms.
There have been several well documented instances of contamination of vaccines and medical products with transmissable agents, despite regulation and quality control procedures in place. So, the potential for this occuring with unregulated/uncontrolled products is real and should be considered.
John
John W. Mellors, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
_______________________________________________________________________
I personally feel insulted by Dr Mellor and feel he has insulted the CFS community. He is suggesting that people in the UK who have CFS, are injecting or being infused behind closed doors, In the UK it is VERY hard to use unregulated products without quality controls, Maybe he should come and live in the UK and see how hard it is to get drugs.
We are ill....we have not injected XMRV into our bodies.