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Live Chat: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome=97Science and Controversy
by Martin Enserink on 21 September 2011, 3:36 PM
Today's Topic
Two years ago, Science published a paper suggesting that a mouse
retrovirus called XMRV might be involved in chronic fatigue syndrome
(CFS), a debilitating disease with no known cause. The study raised
worries that XMRV might be spreading via blood donations. Since then,
many other studies have failed to find XMRV in CFS patients, and some
have suggested that the 2009 paper was the result of lab
contamination.
Where does the science stand today? And how has the long and sometimes
bitter debate affected the scientific field and CFS patients? Join us
for a live chat on this page at 3 p.m. EDT on Thursday, 22 September,
to discuss these and other questions with Michael Busch, a transfusion
medicine scientist involved in XMRV research, and retrovirologist Jay
Levy. You can leave your questions in the comment box below before the
chat starts.
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