XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome: DOUBLE RETRACTED
(sorry about the commenting issues the past couple of days– dunno what that was, fixed now!) So, they finally retracted Lo et al, which should have never been published in the first place, as it turns...
View ArticleIndulging Idiots: Looking for XMRV in vaccines
The very first sign Judy Mikovits was not just a little ‘off-her-rocker’ kook-coo, but full on ‘off-the-rocker-set-it-on-fire-and-dancing-around-the-flames-nude-while-using-feces-as-war-paint’...
View ArticleXMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome: Why?
When a disaster happens in science, like the XMRV fiasco, the most important lesson everyone can take away from the incident is ‘Why?’ If you understand the ‘Why?’ behind what happened, you can avoid...
View ArticleThe Conspiracy Skeptic & ERV! Again!
Several years ago, my friend Karl Mamer at Conspiracy Skeptic had me on to talk about HIV Denial. A couple days ago, I was finally back to talk a bit about the science and politics of XMRV! Make sure...
View ArticleUpdates on the past few posts:
I have a some updates on a few stories I covered the past couple of weeks: Some people who proclaim to have ‘chronic fatigue syndrome’ show everyone just how NOT CRAZY they are… by transcribing my...
View ArticleXMRV: This is what you should do if you mess up
In 2006, long before ERV was a twinkle in my eye– A really cool paper was published in PLOS Pathogens: Identification of a novel Gammaretrovirus in prostate tumors of patients homozygous for R462Q...
View ArticleERV referenced in ‘Current Opinion in Virology’
COOL!!! Recombinant origin, contamination, and de-discovery of XMRV I dont know if you all have access to this paper, but here is the relevant portion: Treatment of CFS patient PBMCs with 5-azacytidine...
View ArticleMadness? THIS IS SCIENCE!!!!!!!!!!!
Science hath no insanity like the XMRV fiasco. *sigh* But there is a constant, bright spot in this ridiculous storm, and I dont want it to be overlooked– The scientific leadership of Robert Silverman,...
View ArticleScience News Update
Jerome Horwitz, the man who invented AZT, died– Being in the basic virology realm of HIV Research World, I dont always pay as much attention to the clinical side of things as I should. Thus I didnt...
View Article“Nature” awards quack hunters with John Maddox prizes
Ask anyone who has stood up to quacks/charlatans/nutbars– Crazy people be CRAZY. Someone tries to educate the public, move their field, shine a candle in a demon haunted world, stand up for what they...
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XMRV: The rats are trying to climb out of the sewer
I have known about this for a while, and have been debating whether or not I should say anything. I really dont want to give the disgraces responsible for the XMRV–>CFS fiasco, Judy Mikovits, Frank...
View ArticleIN A WORLD… where telling the truth is a CRIME…. SHE became an OUTLAW!
You all might remember, Judy Mikovits and Age of Autism contributor Ken Heckenlively, were releasing a book on ‘their side’ of the XMRV fiasco (the scientific side of the XMRV fiasco). Plague: One...
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