The ICI Experience:

In November of 2009 I posted XMRV retrovirus: not just for ME/CFS. Today I'm posting this update: UPDATED: In a Rare Move, Science Without Authors' Consent Retracts Paper That Tied Mouse Virus to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Put Yourself on the ME/CFS & Fibromyalgia World Map The website and blog that go along with the map seem to have some useful information. For instance, I had not heard that Annette Whittemore, who founded The Whittemore Peterson Institute (the private not-for-profit research organization that found the presence XMRV in blood samples from a high percentage of Chronic Fatigue (ME/CFS) patients and in small number of Fibromyalgia samples), has a daughter who suffers from ME.

1/29/12 Update:  UPDATED: In a Rare Move, Science Without Authors' Consent Retracts Paper That Tied Mouse Virus to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome  I spent the morning of 10/23 trying to understand what this new XMRV research is, and what it means. I wanted to include a picture of the virus but couldn't find one I liked except for the heavily copyrighted image by the Whittemore Peterson Institute, shown on the main page of the Phoenix Rising XMRV Info Center (a most excellent source, and with real-time updates). I didn't figure the WPI was going to grant the little ol' ICIE Blog permission to use their cross section image any time soon, so I waited to post this until I could draw one myself. Luckily for all of us, I found a really good image today on SlantedScience.com : Aren't those fuzzy Cheerios-looking things just wild? Anyway, turns out XMRV could be related to several illnesses including Fibromyalgia. This post contains the gist of what I came up with in...