Yes, I’m on Twitter- alandove: Should've redacted sequence of ancient girl's DNA. http://t.co/aomVOqla Now terrorists can synthesize cave-girl from scratch.
- alandove: National Academy of Sciences report (http://t.co/No8xHa5C ) - no second gunshot from grassy knoll. Must be part of conspiracy.
- alandove: Whenever I'm feeling negative, I just press ctrl-alt-cmd-8.
- alandove: Turdivirus is to virology as Uranus is to astronomy.
- alandove: RT @profvrr: This Week in Virology (TWiV) episode 169 is up: Epidemiology causes conclusions (p<0.05) http://t.co/2Hk5mwxr
- alandove: I gather there's some sort of sports event today. I mean besides the indoor triathlon I did this morning.
- alandove: Wondering if anyone's compared @Norovirus incidence at land resorts vs. cruise ships.
- alandove: Must remember to relax sphincter. RT @marynmck @lizditz launching bottle rockets from one's anus http://t.co/0j46Rc6n
- alandove: Blog post: A chat with Mike Osterholm (http://t.co/eKFzdFQ4 ) #H5N1 #NSABB
- alandove: @newprof1 Certainly much easier to type.
Tag Archives: xmrv
Our Cross to Bear
I’m an atheist, but for social reasons I occasionally have to sit through a church service. This past Easter, I did it again, and found the sermon particularly interesting, though not in the way the pastor intended. Visiting a common … Continue reading
XMRV and CFS: Were Mistakes Made?
On Monday, Retrovirology published four papers about XMRV, a virus that has quickly become a celebrity for its putative association with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and prostate cancer. The papers – and an accompanying overview – describe several lines of … Continue reading
Chronic Fatigue and (Not Quite) XMRV
A much-anticipated paper on the potential role of retroviruses in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) just came out in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Before it was published, many people had speculated that this work would “confirm” the … Continue reading
Chronic Fatigue and XMRV: Then Again, Maybe Not
On Episode 64 of This Week in Virology, Vince, Rich, and I talked about the top virology stories of 2009. One of them was the discovery of an apparent correlation between Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) and chronic fatigue … Continue reading
XMRV: Cause or Bystander?
Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV), previously best known for showing how an awkward name can turn into an awesome abbreviation, has now become the hot new pathogen for virologists to hunt. As mentioned in numerous media outlets, some researchers … Continue reading