LaurelB
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XMRV and MLVs -- Looking for Clarifcation
Hi, all,
I've been (very slowly) working for several months now on a small video to help raise awareness. Now that it's finally done and ready to go, I just want to make sure I got some of my facts right. For some reason, I'm suddenly second guessing myself.
The video is short (under 5 minutes), so I'm not able to go into much detail and just want to give the basics. My target audience is the general public, most of whom will not want highly specific scientific detail.
I haven't been able to keep up with all the XMRV news lately, so I just want to make sure my understanding is clear. It seems that some argue XMRV and MLVs are not the same, while others agree that they are (in terms of being in the same family of gammaretroviruses).
Anyway, so I'm wondering if anyone can tell me if what I wrote in the below is inaccurate in any way:
I then go on to say XMRV has also been found in prostate cancer, more research is needed, etc.
Again, I'm not able to really add any more info than what is written due to time limit -- I just want to make sure my understanding is still accurate, and what I wrote is clear.
Also, I read somewhere that MLVs not only cause cancer in mice, but central nervous system disease. Is this correct?
I hope to post the video in the next couple of days.
Thank you!
Hi, all,
I've been (very slowly) working for several months now on a small video to help raise awareness. Now that it's finally done and ready to go, I just want to make sure I got some of my facts right. For some reason, I'm suddenly second guessing myself.
The video is short (under 5 minutes), so I'm not able to go into much detail and just want to give the basics. My target audience is the general public, most of whom will not want highly specific scientific detail.
I haven't been able to keep up with all the XMRV news lately, so I just want to make sure my understanding is clear. It seems that some argue XMRV and MLVs are not the same, while others agree that they are (in terms of being in the same family of gammaretroviruses).
Anyway, so I'm wondering if anyone can tell me if what I wrote in the below is inaccurate in any way:
"Recently, the FDA, NIH & Harvard University confirmed a link between ME/CFS and the same group of retroviruses as XMRV (known as MLVs).
The study found MLVs in 86.5% of ME/CFS patients & 6.8% of controls.
MLV stands for murine leukemia virus. MLVs are known to cause leukemia & central nervous system disease in mice.
XMRV is an MLV-related human retrovirus.
There are only two other known human retroviruses:
HIV (which causes AIDS) &
HTLV (which can cause cancer) "
I then go on to say XMRV has also been found in prostate cancer, more research is needed, etc.
Again, I'm not able to really add any more info than what is written due to time limit -- I just want to make sure my understanding is still accurate, and what I wrote is clear.
Also, I read somewhere that MLVs not only cause cancer in mice, but central nervous system disease. Is this correct?
I hope to post the video in the next couple of days.
Thank you!