XMRV Link to CFS Accelerates Scientific Inquiry and Sustains Media Interest

(Updated most recently on March 19, 2012)

CFS has been linked to a family of murine leukemia virus-related viruses, including XMRV. High profile studies have expanded research interest and sustained media interest. Keep up with the latest news.

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• Identification of XMRV Infection-Associated microRNAs in Four Cell Types in Culture, PLoS ONE (March 16, 2012)
• Multiple Sources of Contamination in Samples from Patients Reported to Have XMRV Infection, PLoS ONE (Feb. 20, 2012)
• Intrinsic DNA synthesis fidelity of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus reverse transcriptase, FEBS Journal (Feb. 17, 2012)
• No evidence for the involvement of XMRV or MCV in the pathogenesis of breast cancer, British Journal of Cancer (Feb. 16, 2012)
• The tale of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus, Journal of General Virology (Feb. 13, 2012)
• Absence of XMRV in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of ARV-Treatment Naïve HIV-1 Infected and HIV-1/HCV Coinfected Individuals and Blood Donors, PLoS ONE (Feb. 13, 2012)
• Fallout From Fatigue Syndrome Retraction Is Wide, by David Tuller, New York Times (Feb. 6, 2012)
• Lawsuit Alleges Misuse of Funds by Founders of Whittemore Peterson Institute, by Jon Cohen, ScienceInsider (Jan. 30, 2012)
• The scientific method at work: xenotropic murine leukemia virus–related virus is neither a cause of chronic fatigue syndrome nor a threat to the blood supply, Transfusion (Jan. 12, 2012)
• Development and application of a high-throughput microneutralization assay: lack of xenotropic murine leukemia virus–related virus and/or murine leukemia virus detection in blood donors, Transfusion (Jan. 12, 2012)
• A Tale of Two Viruses: Why AIDS Was Pinned to HIV, but Chronic Fatigue Remains a Mystery, by Vincent Racaniello, PhD, The Crux, Discover (Jan. 12, 2012)
• Detection of Murine Leukemia Virus in the Epstein-Barr virus-positive human B-cell line JY using a computational RNA-seq based exogenous agent detection pipeline, PARSES, Journal of Virology (Jan. 11, 2012)
• XMRV and prostate cancer—a 'final' perspective, Nature Reviews Urology
  (Jan. 10, 2012)
• Long-Term Infection and Vertical Transmission of a Gammaretrovirus in a Foreign Host Species, PLoS ONE, (Jan. 3, 2012)
• Restricted Replication of Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus in Pigtailed Macaques, Journal of Virology (Jan. 2012)
• TWiV 164: Six steps forward, four steps back, by Vincent Racaniello, PhD, Virology Blog (Jan. 1, 2012)
• Looking Forward: Research Initiatives in 2012, by K. Kimberly McCleary, The CFIDS Association of America (Jan. 1, 2011)
• 2011 Science News of the Year, ScienceNews (Dec. 31, 2011)
• 2011: A Letter from the Loom, by Carl Zimmer, Discover (Dec. 31, 2011)
• No evidence of cross-species transmission of mouse retroviruses to animal workers exposed to mice, Transfusion (Dec. 30, 2011)
• The Year of the Retraction: A look back at 2011, by Ivan Oransky, Retraction Watch (Dec. 30, 2011)
• Prevalence of XMRV infection in different risk populations in Spain, AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses (Dec. 29, 2011)
• This year in virology, by Vincent Racaniello, PhD, Virology Blog (Dec. 29, 2011)
• A Message from CII Director W. Ian Lipkin Regarding the XMRV/MLV CFS/ME Study, by Ian Lipkin, Center for Infection and Immunity (Dec. 28, 2011)
• Authors Pull the Plug on Second Paper Supporting Viral Link to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Martin Enserink, ScienceInsider (Dec. 28, 2011)
• Second High-Profile XMRV-Related Paper Retracted, by Amy Dockser Marcus, Wall Street Journal (Dec. 27, 2011)
• D'oh! Top science journal retractions of 2011, by Christopher Wanjek, Vitals
  (Dec. 27, 2011)
• Scholars Retract Another Study Linking Virus to Fatigue Syndrome, by David Tuller, New York Times (Dec. 26, 2011)
• Paper Linking MLV Sequences to CFS Retracted, by K. Kimberly McCleary, The CFIDS Association of America (Dec. 26, 2011)
• Science Retracts Original Report Linking CFS to XMRV, by K. Kimberly McCleary, The CFIDS Association of America (Dec. 22, 2011)
• No Evidence of Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Viruses in Live Attenuated Human Vaccines, PL0S ONE (Dec. 22, 2011)
• "Court rules against Mikovits," by Jeff Askt, TheScientist (Dec. 21, 2011)
• "Civil court rules against CFS researcher," by Jon Cohen, ScienceInsider
  (Dec. 21, 2011)
• Detection of Murine Leukemia Virus or Mouse DNA in Commercial RT-PCR Reagents and Human DNAs, HaoQiang Zheng, Hongwei Jia, Anupama Shankar, Walid Heneine, William M. Switzer* PLoS ONE, (Dec. 20, 2011)
• "Institute claims victory in civil suit Judy Mikovits," by Ewen Callaway, Nature News (Dec. 20, 2011)
• "In lawsuit, judge rules against researcher from Ventura," by Tom Kisken, Ventura County Star (Dec. 20, 2011)
• The Human Lung Adenocarcinoma Cell Line EKVX Produces an Infectious Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus, viruses (dec. 19, 2011)
• Top Science Scandals of 2011, TheScientist (Dec. 19, 2011)
• "WPI prevails in lawsuit," by Victoria Campbell, KRNV News4 (Reno) (Dec. 19, 2011)
• "WPI vows to get past setbacks," by Lenita Powers, Reno Gazette-Journal (Dec. 17, 2011)
• Chronic fatigue syndrome scientist finds a temporary home, by Ewen Callaway, Nature newsblog (Dec. 15, 2011)
• 6 newsmakers for 2011, Nature Medicine (Dec. 2011)
• Downregulation of APOBEC3G by Xenotropic Murine Leukemia-Virus Related Virus (XMRV) in Prostate Cancer Cells, Virology Journal (Dec. 12, 2011)
• Criminal Attorney Speaks for Controversial CFS Researcher, by Jon Cohen, ScienceInsider (Dec. 5, 2011)
• Stolen Notebooks and a Biochemist in Chains, By Julie Rehmeyer, Slate
  (Dec. 2, 2011)
• The end of the association between XMRV, MLV-like viruses and chronic fatigue syndrome, (editorial) by Athe Tsibris, Virulence (Nov/Dec 2011)
• XMRV-Chronic Fatigue Saga Takes Bizarre Turn, by John Gever, MedPage Today (Nov. 30, 2011)
• Scientist surrenders in Reno research theft case, by Scott Sonner, MercuryNews.com (Nov. 29, 2011)
• CFS Researcher Reportedly Surrenders to Nevada Police, by Jon Cohen, ScienceInsider (Nov. 29, 2011)
• Embattled scientist in theft probe, by Ewen Callaway, Nature (Nov. 29, 2011)
• Missing notebooks returned to Reno chronic disease lab, by Frank X. Mullen Jr., RGJ.com (Nov. 28, 2011)
• Inmate Mikovits Meets Judge, by Jon Cohen, ScienceInsider (Nov. 22, 2011)
• Discredited chronic fatigue researcher in California jail, by Trine Tsouderos, Chicago Tribune (Nov. 22, 2011)
• Researcher arrested over missing lab notebooks, Nature newsblog (Nov. 21, 2011)
• Xenotropic murine leukemia virus–related virus does not pose a risk to blood recipient safety, Transfusion (Nov. 21, 2011)
• Controversial CFS Researcher Arrested and Jailed, by Jon Cohen, ScienceInsider (Nov. 19, 2011)
• Chronic fatigue syndrome researcher Judy Mikovits arrested, Retraction Watch (Nov. 19, 2011)
• No Evidence for XMRV Nucleic Acids, Infectious Virus or Anti-XMRV Antibodies in Canadian Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, PLoS ONE (Nov. 17, 2011)
• In Vitro Assembly of Virus-Like Particles of a Gammaretrovirus, the Murine Leukemia Virus XMRV, Journal of Virology (Nov. 16, 2011)
• Xpr1 is an Atypical G-protein Coupled Receptor that Mediates Xenotropic and Polytropic Murine Retrovirus Neurotoxicity, Journal of Virology (Nov. 16, 2011)
• Chronic Fatigue Researcher Sued, by Jef Akst, TheScientist (Nov. 15, 2011)
• Lawsuit Filed Against Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Researcher by Former Employer, by Jon Cohen, ScienceInsider (Nov. 14, 2011)
• Absence of Detectable XMRV and Other MLV-Related Viruses in Healthy Blood Donors in the United States, Plos ONE (Nov. 14, 2011)
• Desperately Seeking XMRV, Science (Nov. 11, 2011)
• 10-Q: HEMISPHERX BIOPHARMA INC, MENAFN News (Nov. 9, 2011)
• Presentations and Poster papers at the 12th Annual Symposium on Antiviral Drug Resistance (Nov. 6-9, 2011):
  • The Genesis of XMRV through Recombination, Delviks-Frankenberry
  • Multiple Sources of Contamination in Samples from Patients Reported to Have XMRV Infection, Kearney
  • POSTER 30- Failure to Confirm XMRV/MLV Nucleic Acid in the Blood of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • POSTER 31- Large-Scale Screening for Infectious Agents: Finding HCV and Looking for XMRV
    
• Retrovirus and Chronic Fatigue, by Tracy Hampton, PhD, JAMA (Nov. 2, 2011)
• No xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) detected in Swedish monozygotic twins discordant for chronic fatigue, Journal of General and Molecular Virology (Oct. 2011)
• Rituxan: re-energizing CFS, SciBX: Science-Business eXchange (Oct. 27, 2011)
• False negative results from using common PCR reagents, BioMed Central
  (Oct. 27, 2011)
• Characterization, Mapping and Distribution of the Two XMRV Parental Proviruses, Journal of Virology (Oct. 26, 2011)
• Development of sensitive single-round pol or env RT-PCR assays to screen for XMRV in multiple sample types, Journal of Virological Methods (Oct. 25, 2011)
• Seroprevalence of xenotropic murine leukemia virus–related virus in normal and retrovirus-infected blood donors, Transfusion (Oct. 24, 2011)
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Study Supports Autoimmune Disease Theory, by Katie Moisse, Good Morning America (Oct. 24, 2011)
• Scientists Say XMRV Poses No Risk To Blood Supply, by Amy Dockser Marcus, Wall Street Journal (Oct. 24, 2011)
• XMRV Data Reviewed at AABB Annual Meeting, by K. Kimberly McCleary, The CFIDS Association of America (Oct. 22, 2011)
• Special Issue: Abstract Presentations from the AABB Annual Meeting and CTTXPO, Transfusion (Oct. 22, 2011)
• Controversial New Virus Tied to Fatigue Not Transmitted by Blood, by Michelle Fay Cortez, Bloomberg (Oct. 22, 2011)
• Benefit from B-Lymphocyte Depletion Using the Anti-CD20 Antibody Rituximab in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. A Double-Blind and Placebo-Controlled Study, Plos ONE (Oct. 19, 2011)
• Teamwork and Commitment are the Cornerstones of WPI, by Annette Whittemore, Whittemore Peterson Institute (Oct. 19, 2011)
• Results of the Blood XMRV Scientific Research Working Group Study Webinar, (Oct. 14, 2011)
• Results of the Blood XMRV Scientific Research Working Group Study Slides, (Oct. 14, 2011)
• Investigation of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) in human and other cell lines, Biologicals (Oct. 12, 2011)
• No Detection of XMRV in Blood Samples and Tissue Sections from Prostate Cancer Patients in Northern Europe, PLoS ONE (Oct. 12, 2011)
• Murine Gammaretrovirus Group G3 Was Not Found in Swedish Patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, PLoS ONE (Oct. 12, 2011)
• Scientist who linked chronic fatigue syndrome to XMRV is sacked, by Clare Dyer, BMJ (Oct. 11, 2011)
• Fatigue syndrome takes its toll in US by Leigh Dayton, The Australian (Oct. 8, 2011)
• Partial XMRV Retraction, Group Leader Leaves Institute, by Ansa Varughese and Andrew S. Wiecek, BioTechniques (Oct. 7, 2011)
• In vivo hypermutation of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of rhesus macaque by APOBEC3 proteins, Virology (Oct 5, 2011)
• Xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus (XMRV) does not cause chronic fatigue, Trends in Microbiology (Oct 5, 2011)
• Integrity issue follows fired researcher, by Heidi Ledford, Nature (Oct. 5, 2011)
• CFS Researcher Fired Amidst New Controversy, by Jon Cohen with Martin Enserink
  ScienceInsider (Oct. 4, 2011)
• Chronic Fatigue Researcher Fired, by Edyta Zielinska, The Scientist (Oct. 4, 2011)
• XMRV: This Is Not Good, by Derek Lowe, PhD, In the Pipeline (Oct. 4, 2011)
• Manipulation alleged in paper linking virus, chronic fatigue syndrome, by Trine Tsouderos, Chicago Tribune (Oct. 3, 2011)
• Why didn’t XMRV-chronic fatigue syndrome researcher Mikovits — now fired — share data with Science?, by Ivan Oransky, Retraction Watch (Oct. 3, 2011)
• Scientist Who Led XMRV Research Team Let Go, by Amy Dockser Marcus, Wall Street Journal (Oct. 3, 2011)
• Mechanism for XMRV neurotoxicity, Retrovirology (Oct. 3, 2011)
• Quantitative Assays for Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus, Journal of Veternary Medical Science (Sept. 30, 2011) [Epub ahead of print]
• The Waning Conflict Over XMRV and CFS, by Jon Cohen, Science (Sept. 30, 2011)
• The mystery of chronic fatigue syndrome, by Jay Levy and Daniel Peterson, Los Angeles Times (Sept. 30, 2011)
• Role of Infection and Neurologic Dysfunction in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Seminars in Neurology (Sept. 30, 2011)
• XMRV: Over with and done? by Derek Lowe, PhD, In the Pipeline (Sept. 29, 2011)
• Insider Looking Out: How People With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome View the Death of XMRV, by Jon Cohen, ScienceInsider (Sept. 27, 2011)
• Trust science, not scientists, by Vincent Racaniello, PhD, Virology Blog
  (Sept. 27, 2011)
• Study linking chronic fatigue syndrome with retrovirus is partially retracted, British Medical Journal (Sept. 26, 2011)
• TWiV 150: Contaminated, by Vincent Racaniello, PhD, Virology Blog (Sept. 25, 2011)
• XMRV is Not Associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Patients from Different Areas of the US in the 1990s, Virology Journal (Sept. 24, 2011)
• Scientists still struggle to find cause behind chronic fatigue syndrome, by pauline tam, The Ottawa Citizen (Sept. 24, 2011)
• Solution to chronic fatigue falls short, by Rupert Shepherd, BSc Medical News Today (Sept. 24, 2011)
• IACFS/ME Biennial International Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Sept. 23, 2011)
• Scientists retreat on chronic-fatigue theory, by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (Sept. 23, 2011) (print edition: paywall)
  
• More chinks in the XMRV-CFS Link, by John Gever, MedPage Today (Sept. 23, 2011)
• CFS caused by virus? What new study says, by Ryan Jaslow, CBS News
  (Sept. 23, 2011)
• The penultimate chapter in the XMRV-chronic fatigue story?, by Carl Zimmer, DISCOVER Magazine - The Loom (Sept. 23, 2011)
• Viral theory for chronic fatigue partially retracted, by Andy Coghlan, The Scientist (Sept. 23, 2011)
• Should HIV drugs get off-label use for chronic fatigue?, by Tracy Staton, FiercePharma (Sept. 23, 2011)
• Off-Label Use of H.I.V. Medications Is Catalyst for More Controversy, by Scott James, New York Times (Sept. 23, 2011)
• Not following the drug company script, by Scott James, Bay Citizen (Sept. 22, 2011)
• ABB Statement on XMRV, (Sept. 22, 2011)
• Virus theory for CFS discredited by Brenda Goodman, WebMD (Sept. 22, 2011)
• Link between CFS and virus gets even weaker by Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times (Sept. 22, 2011)
• XMRV and related viruses not confirmed in blood of healthy donors or CFS patients, NIH News (Sept. 22, 2011)
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Study Deals a Blow to a Viral Theory, by David Tuller, New York Times (Sept. 22, 2011)
• Virus As The Cause Of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Shot Down, Again, by Joanne Silberner, National Public Radio (Sept. 22, 2011)
• New Report Casts More Doubt on Virus' Link to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Nine labs failed to spot CFS patients based on presence of XMRV in blood alone, by Amanda Gardner, HealthDay / US News & World Report (Sept. 22, 2011)
• Supposed XMRV virus, chronic fatigue link undermined by new research, by Rob Stein, Washington Post (Sept. 22, 2011)
• More doubt on virus, chronic fatigue connection, Associated Press (Sept. 22, 2011)
• Paper Linking Virus to Chronic Fatigue Partially Retracted, by Amy Dockser Marcus, Wall Street Journal (Sept. 22, 2011)
• Chronic Fatigue Not Tied to Mouse Virus in Repudiation of Earlier Findings, by Michelle Fay Cortez, Bloomberg News (Sept. 22, 2011)
• Again: No XMRV-Chronic Fatigue LinkResearchers publish yet another study against the link between a murine leukemia virus and CFS, and partiallyretract the original results., by Tia Ghose, The Scientist (Sept. 22, 2011)
• Chronic fatigue study partially retracted, by Heidi Ledford, Nature News
  (Sept. 22, 2011)
• Virus link to ME called into question, by James Gallagher Health reporter, BBC News (Sept. 22, 2011)
• More Doubt Cast on Chronic Fatigue's Link to Virus, Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Staff Writer (Sept. 22, 2011)
• XMRV tie to chronic fatigue debunked; Virus previously tied to syndrome was lab contaminant, studies suggest, by Laura Sanders, Science News (Sept. 22, 2011)
• Why did Science partially retract the XMRV-CFS paper?, by Ivan Oransky, Retraction Watch (Sept. 22, 2011)
• Cleveland Clinic researchers retract findings that link XMRV to CFS, by Angela Townsend, The Plain Dealer (Sept. 22, 2011)
• Today’s Science Studies Xplained, by Suzanne D. Vernon, PhD, The CFIDS Association of America (Sept. 22, 2011)
• XMRV in Science: Take Three, by K. Kimberly McCleary, The CFIDS Association of America (Sept. 22, 2011)
• False Positive, by Jon Cohen and Martin Enserink, Science (Sept. 22, 2011)
• Partial Retraction, Science (Sept. 22, 2011)
• Failure to Confirm XMRV/MLVs in the Blood of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Multi-Laboratory Study, Science (Sept. 22, 2011)
• Live Chat: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome—Science and Controversy, by Martin Enserink (Science), Michael Busch (BSRI) and Jay Levy (UCSF), ScienceNow (Sept. 22, 2011)
• Analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms in XMRV patient-derived integration sites reveals contamination from cell lines acutely infected by XMRV Journal of Virology (Sept. 21, 2011)
• Susceptibility of human primary neuronal cells to Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-related (XMRV) virus infection, Virology Journal (Sept. 20, 2011)
• Family Puts $10 Million Into Chronic Fatigue Research, by Jocelyn Kaiser, ScienceNow (Sept. 19, 2011)
• XMRV accelerates cellular proliferation, transformational activity, and invasiveness of prostate cancer cells by downregulating, The Prostate (Sept. 19, 2011)
• No detectable XMRV in subjects with chronic fatigue syndrome from Quebec, Virology (Sept. 16, 2011)
• "The X Factor," by K. Kimberly McCleary, The CFIDS Association of America
  (Sept. 13, 2011)
• Risk assessment of XMRV implications for blood donation, European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Sept. 9, 2011)
• Two New XMRV Publications Issued This Week, Research1st (Sept. 9, 2011)
• Biochemical, inhibition and inhibitor resistance studies of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus reverse transcriptase, Nucleic Acids Resesarch (Sept. 8, 2011)
• XMRV: Usage of Receptors and potential Co-receptors, Virology Journal
  (Sept. 6, 2011)
• Presence of murine leukemia virus (MLV)-related virus gene sequences in a commercial RT-PCR reagent, Clinical Laboratory (Sept. 6, 2011)
• Medical Mystery of CFS Returns, by Joanne Silberner, NPR Morning Edition
  (Sept. 5, 2011)
• Xenotropic and Other Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Viruses in Humans, Advances in Virology (Sept. 5, 2011)
• In support of XMRV researchers, EveryONE - PLoSONE Blogs (Sept. 2, 2011)
• Special Issue of Advances in Virology, (Sept. 2011)
• The Final Chapter: XMRV Virus is Not linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Courtney Leighton-Kelso, Health Enclave (Aug. 30, 2011)
• Nucleic Acid, Antibody, and Virus Culture Methods to Detect Xenotropic MLV-Related Virus (XMRV) in Macaque and Human Blood Samples, Advances in Virology
  (Aug. 27, 2011)
• Chronic Fatigue Scientists Get Death Threats, by Tia Ghose, TheScientist
  (Aug. 23, 2011)
• Prevalence of XMRV nucleic acid and antibody in HIV-1 infected men and in men at risk for HIV-1 infection, Advances in Virology (Aug. 22, 2011)
• CFS: Death threats for scientists?, The LOOM, DISCOVER magazine (Aug. 21, 2011)
  
• Scientists are subjected to a campaign of abuse and violence, The Guardian (Aug. 21, 2011)
• Absence of XMRV in blood donors in China, Transfusion (Aug. 19, 2011)
• DNA extraction columns contaminated with murine sequences, PLoS ONE
  (Aug. 18, 2011)
• Phylogenetic analysis of MLV sequences from longitudinally sampled Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients suggests PCR contamination rather than viral evolution, Journal of Virology (Aug. 17, 2011)
• XMRV: An update on infectious disease transmission by transfusion of blood products, by Matthew S. Karafin, MD, College of American Pathologists's NewsPath (Aug. 15, 2011)
• The retrovirus XMRV is not directly involved in the pathogenesis of common types of lymphoid malignancy, Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention
  (Aug. 13, 2011)
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the Association With the Human Retrovirus XMRV, Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice (Aug. 10, 2011)
• Origin of XMRV and its demise as a human pathogen associated with CFS, Viruses (July 27, 2011)
• CFS: understanding a complex illness Nature Reviews Neuroscience (July 27, 2011)
• Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus in monozygotic twins discordant for CFS,ScienceDirect (July 26, 2011)
• Murine leukemia viruses: Biology and replication, Advances in Virology
  (July 25, 2011)
• Is XMRV a causal virus for prostate cancer? Asian Journal of Andrology
  (July 18, 2011)
• His work has gone viral: Q&A with John Coffin, PhD, by Karen Weintraub, Boston Globe (July 18, 2011)
• Righting scientific wrongs, Nature Reviews Microbiology (July 17, 2011)
• Prostate cancer: XMRV—contaminant, not cause? by Suzanne J. Farley, Nature Reviews Urology (July 12, 2011)
• NCI: Study rules out XMRV as cause for human disease, The NIH Catalyst (page 8) (July-August 2011)
• Lack of detection of XMRV in HIV-1 lymphoma patients, Advances in Virology
  (July 11, 2011)
• Frequent detection of infectious xenotropic murine leukemia virus (XMLV) in human cultures established from mouse xenografts, Cancer Biology & Therapy
  (July 8, 2011, published ahead of print in the Oct. 2011 issue)
• Experts probe challenges of CFS, NIH Record (July 8, 2011)
  
• XMRV Update: Publications and media coverage, by K. Kimberly McCleary, The CFIDS Association of America (July 8, 2011)
• What can we learn? by K. Kimberly McCleary, The CFIDS Association of America (July 8, 2011)
• EDITORIAL: Too soon to translate? NatureMedicine (July 7, 2011)
• CFS link to retrovirus likely the result of lab contamination, studies find, Neurology Today (July 7, 2011)
• Mouse virus not linked to chronic fatigue, Sleep Review (July 2011)
• Endogenous murine leukemia viruses: Relationship to XMRV and related sequences detected in human DNA samples, Advances in Virology (July 7, 2011)
• Donor fatigue: Should blood banks reject chronic fatigue sufferers? By Nina Bai, Scientific American (July 4, 2011)
• Local man with multiple cancers is part of national study, by Jo Ciavaglia, phillyBlurbs (July 3, 2011)
• 'Final Nail' for XMRV in CFS? by Emma Hitt, PhD, Medscape (free registration required) (July 1, 2011)
• Study raises doubts about virus and chronic fatigue, NIH News in Health
  (July 2011)
• It’s science, but not necessarily right, by Carl Zimmer, New York Times
  (June 25, 2011)
• Murine gammaretroviruses in prostate cancer cell lines, by Vincent Racaniello, PhD, Virology Blog (June 24, 2011)
• No XMRV retrovirus detected in patients with CFS, Articles of Significant Interest Selected from This Issue by the Editors (Shin et al.), Journal of Virology (July 2011)
• The left half of XMRV is present in an endogenous retrovirus of NIH/3T3 Swiss mouse cells, Journal of Virology (June 22, 2011)
• Commentary: Living with CFS/ME, by Ollie Cornes, British Medical Journal
  (June 22, 2011)
• For chronic fatigue sufferers, another blow, Consumer Reports Health.org
  (June 22, 2011)
• ME 'not caused by virus', scientists announce, by Andy Bloxham, The Telegraph (June 21, 2011)
• XMRV and CFS—the sad end of a story, The Lancet (June 21, 2011)
• Now doctors say M.E. is NOT caused by virus but is found in the blood, by Sophie Borland, Mail Online (June 21, 2011)
• XMRV, CFS, prostate cancer, and the journal “Science”, by Dr. Mark Borigini, Psychology Today (June 17, 2011)
• Identification of replication competent murine gammaretroviruses in commonly used prostate cancer cell lines, PLoS One (June 17, 2011)
• Perfect Match: Unraveling the origin of XMRV, by Edward Winstead, NCI Bulletin (June 14, 2011)
• Study undermines XMRV connection to human disease, NIH Research Matters
  (June 13, 2011)
• Phylogeny-directed search for murine leukemia virus - like retroviruses in vertebrate genomes, and in patients suffering from ME/CFS and Prostate Cancer, Advances in Virology (June 11, 2011)
• Failure to detect XMRV-specific antibodies in the plasma of CFS patients using highly sensitive chemiluminescence immunoassays, Advances in Virology
  (June 10, 2011)
• Testing strategies for detection of XMRV infection, Advances in Virology
  (June 10, 2011)
• Published studies on XMRV and MLRV findings in human diseases and the general population (table), AABB (updated June 9, 2011)
• PCR testing casts doubt on XMRV link to CFS; reveals reagent contamination, by Ben Butkus, GenomeWeb (June 09, 2011)
• XMRV-related abstracts from the 15th Conf. on Human Retrovirology: HTLV and Related Viruses, The CFIDS Association of America, Research1st (June 8, 2011)
• New research says XMRV not cause of CFS, prostate cancer, by Janis C. Kelly, Medscape (Might require registration in order to access) (June 7, 2011)
• Science asks researchers to withdraw paper on CFS and infectious retrovirus, by Matthew Limb, British Medical Journal (June 6, 2011)
• Exonerating a virus, by Jacqueline Mitchell, Tufts Now (June 6, 2011)
• Studies linking XMRV virus to chronic fatigue system shown to be false, thousands needlessly taking antiviral drugs, by Jonathan Benson, Natural News (June 5, 2011)
• This Week in Virology, episode 136: Exit XMRV, by Vincent Racaniello, PhD
  (June 5, 2011)
• NIH updates website with XMRV study info, Research1st (June 5, 2011)
• The chronic fatigue syndrome Rubik’s Cube, by Alexandra Nikolchev, Need to Know on PBS (June 3, 2011)
• XMRV doesn't cause chronic fatigue, by Tia Ghose, The Scientist (June 3, 2011)
• National Association of Science Writers blog, by Tabitha M. Powledge (June 3, 2011)
• Chronic fatigue syndrome: life after XMRV, by Ewen Callaway, Nature (June 3, 2011)
• The painstaking way science really works, by Steve Connor, The Independent
  (June 3, 2011)
• Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) in prostate cancer cells likely represents a laboratory artifact, Oncotarget (June 2, 2011)
• CFS is misunderstood, by Llewellyn King, Real Clear Science (June 2, 2011)
• Prostate cancer, chronic fatigue not linked to XMRV virus, Medical News Today (June 2, 2011)
• Mouse virus doesn't cause chronic fatigue syndrome, by Andy Coghlan, NewScientist (June 2, 2011)
• Chronic fatigue syndrome: virus hypothesis collapses further, by Steven Salzberg, PhD, Forbes (June 2, 2011)
• New doubts on XMRV as CFS cause, WebMD (June 1, 2011)
• Retrovirus no longer thought to be cause of CFS, by Erica Westly, Scientific American (June 1, 2011)
• XMRV: Trials and Tribulations, by Suzanne D. Vernon, PhD and K. Kimberly McCleary, The CFIDS Association of America (June 1, 2011)
• Reports: Mouse virus doesn’t cause chronic fatigue syndrome, by Brian Vastag, Washington Post (June 1, 2011)
• No evidence XMRV plays role in CFS, contamination more likely explanation say new reports, Medical News Today (June 1, 2011)
• Flaws in mouse virus link to CFS known before blood ban, states Cooperative Diagnostics, Gamut News (June 1, 2011)
• Given doubt cast on CFS-XMRV link, what about related research?, by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (June 1, 2011)
• Report deals blow to fatigue sufferers, by Deborah Kotz, Boston Globe
  (June 1, 2011)
• 2 studies examine syndrome of fatigue, by David Tuller, New York Times
  (June 1, 2011)
• Studies refute virus link to CFS, HealthDay (May 31, 2011)
• Doubts rise over virus as cause of CFS, by Richard Knox, NPR (May 31, 2011)
• New data spark retraction request for chronic fatigue virus study, Science Now (May 31, 2011)
• Retraction sought, refused on XMRV-CFS study, MedPage Today (May 31, 2011)
• "More doubt cast on study of chronic fatigue," by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (May 31, 2011)
• New Science papers contribute more doubt to XMRV-CFS connection, The CFIDS Association of America (May 31, 2011)
• “Concern” over ME/viral research, BBC (May 31, 2011)
• Mouse virus doesn’t cause chronic fatigue-reports, Reuters (May 31, 2011)
• Scientists now doubt studies linking chronic fatigue syndrome to mouse virus, CBS HealthNews (May 31, 2011)
• New studies doubt chronic fatigue’s link to virus, MyHealthNewsDaily (May 31, 2011)
• Study: Link of virus chronic fatigue false alarm, NPR (May 31, 2011)
• Chronic fatigue study that sparked ban may have been flawed, Bloomberg News (May 31, 2011)
• New studies say XMRV virus that was latest chronic fatigue suspect probably was a false alarm, Associated Press (May 31, 2011)
• Study that linked virus to chronic fatigue in dispute, Canadian TV (May 31, 2011)
• The chronic fatigue virus: de-discovered?, Carl Zimmer for DISCOVER (The Loom) (May 31, 2011)
• Science raises questions about XMRV study - updated, Ewen Callaway for Nature (NewsBlog) (May 31, 2011)
• Virus linked to chronic fatigue false Alarm, Associated Press (May 31, 2011)
• WPI Response to the Science Editorial Expression of Concern, Whittemore Peterson Institute (May 31, 2011)
• Science does the right thing, releasing XMRV-chronic fatigue material early, no sanctions for WSJ, by Ivan Oransky, Embargo Watch (May 31, 2011)
• "XMRV is a recombinant virus from mice," by Vincent Racaniello, PhD (May 31, 2011)
• Origins of XMRV deciphered, undermining claims for a role in human disease, NIH/National Cancer Institute (May 31, 2011)
• Science asks authors to retract XMRV-chronic fatigue paper; when they refuse, issue Expression of Concern, by Ivan Oransky, Retraction Watch (May 31, 2011)
• "Science Papers ‘Cast Further Doubt’ on XMRV’s Link to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome," by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (May 31, 2011)
• No Evidence of Murine-Like Gammaretroviruses in CFS Patients Previously Identified as XMRV-Infected, ScienceXpress (May 31, 2011)
• Recombinant Origin of the Retrovirus XMRV, ScienceXpress (May 31, 2011)
• Editorial Expression of Concern, ScienceXpress (May 31, 2011)
• Chronic-Fatigue Paper Called Into Question, by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (May 31, 2011)
• WPI Letter to the Science, Dr. Judy A Mikovits (May 30, 2011)
• Sexual transmission of XMRV: a potential infection route, Advances in Virology (May, 25 2011)
• No evidence of XMRV or MuLV sequences in prostate cancer, diffuse large cell B cell lymphoma or the UK blood donor population, Advances in Virology (May 2011)
• PCR master mixes harbour murine DNA sequences. Caveat Emptor! PLoS One (May 25, 2011)
• XMRV is not found in peripheral blood cells from treatment-naive HIV+ patients, Clinical Microbiology and Infection (May 18, 2011)
• XMRV, Q fever and other emerging infections: impact on management of blood safety by R.Y. Dodd, ISBT Science Series (May 13, 2011)
• XMRV-associated CFS reveals a distinct inflammatory signature, In Vivo (May - June, 2011)
• "Study finds no link between XMRV virus, CFS," HeathDay (May 12, 2011)
• "Researchers stand by findings linking XMRV to CFS," By Trine Tsouderos, Chicago Tribune / For the Booster Shots blog (May 11, 2011)
• WPI response to "Absence of XMRV and other MLV-related viruses in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome," Journal of Virology (May 9, 2011)
• "Study discounts chronic fatigue link to mouse retrovirus," by Michael Smith, MedPage Today (May 9, 2011)
• Abbreviated pundit round-up, Daily KOS (May 9, 2011)
• Another study fails to find XMRV in chronic fatigue patients, by Bob Grant, TheScientist (May 9, 2011)
• XMRV, prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome, British Medical Bulletin (May 6, 2011)
• "Ian Lipkin on XMRV," by Vincent Racaniello, PhD (May 6, 2011)
• "More bad news for chronic fatigue syndrome and the mouse virus thesis," Jon Cohen, ScienceInsider (Science magazine) (May 6, 2011)
• "New study on potenial link between XMRV and chronic fatigue finds, again, nothing, " Trine Tsouderos, LA Times (May 6, 2011)
• "The Iteration of X," by Suzanne D. Vernon, PhD and Kim McCleary, The CFIDS Association of America (May 5, 2011)
• XMRV not associated with CFS, by Steven Novella, MD, NEUROLOGICAblog (May 5, 2011)
• "More questions over link between XMRV and CFS," by Ewen Callaway, Nature (May 5, 2011)
• "Study finds no link between XMRV and CFS," by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (May 4, 2011)
• No Association of XMVR with prostate cancer, PLoS One (May 4, 2011)
• CFS is not related to XMRV retrovirus, comprehensive study finds, University of Utah Health Care (May 4, 2011)
• "Ila Singh finds no XMRV in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome," by Vincent Racaniello, PhD (May 4, 2011)
• Absence of XMRV and other MLV-related viruses in patients with CFS, Journal of Virology (May 4, 2011)
• XMRV fact sheet, AABB (updated May 2, 2011)
• CFS and blood safety," by Roger Dodd, Future Microbiology (Apr. 2011)
• XMRV in patients with systemic lupus erythematosis, Journal of Clinical Immunology (Apr. 22, 2011)
• XMRV as a human pathogen? Cell Host & Microbe (April 2011)
• "Evidence and controversies on the role of XMRV in prostate cancer and CFS," UroToday (Apr. 20, 2011) (free registration required)
• “CFS not linked to XMRV,” Medscape (Apr. 19, 2011)
• This Week in Virology, episode 129, by Vincent Racaniello, PhD (Apr. 17, 2011)
• NIH ME/CFS State of the Knowledge Workshop Resources (Apr. 14, 2011)
• "Scientists Study How Retroviral Genes May Play a Role in Lymphoma and Other Diseases," by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (April 12, 2011)
• "At NIH Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Conference, XMRV Debate Heats Up," by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (April 8, 2011)
• Antibody Responses against Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus Envelope in a Murine Model, PLoS One (April 6, 2011)
• Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid from chronic fatigue syndrome patients for multiple human ubiquitous viruses and xenotropic murine leukemia-related virus, Annals of Neurology (April 6, 2011)
• No Evidence of XMRV in Prostate Cancer Cohorts in the Midwestern United States, 7th Space Interactive (March 29, 2011)
• The Lancet Infectious Diseases (April 2011)
  Mouse viruses and human disease, Alexandre FR Stewart and D William Cameron
  Mouse viruses and human disease, Gkikas Magiorkinis
• No Evidence of XMRV in Prostate Cancer Cohorts in the Midwestern United States, Retrovirology, (March 29, 2011)
• "The Mystery of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome," by Edward Geehr M.D., Lifescript (March 28, 2011)
• Safety of Solid-Organ Transplantation From Donors With CFS, Transplantation (March 26, 2011)
• No Evidence of XMRV or Related Retroviruses in a London HIV-1-Positive Patient Cohort, PLoS One (Mar. 23, 2011)
• "Scientists Seeking Biological Causes of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome," Fox News (March 22, 2011)
• "The Hunt for the Biological Causes of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome," by Katherine Hobson, Wall Street Journal (March 22, 2011)
• "Unlocking Chronic Fatigue Syndrome," by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (March 22, 2011)
• Virus link to chronic fatigue disputed, United Press International (Mar. 18, 2011)
• XMRV, CFS and a fuller look at their dubious connections, Trine Tsouderos, TribNation, Chicago Tribune blog (Mar. 18, 2011)
• Absence of detectable xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus in plasma or peripheral blood mononuclear cells of human immunodeficiency virus Type 1-infected blood donors or individuals in Africa, Transfusion (March 2011)
• NF-kappa B activation stimulates transcription and replication of retrovirus XMRV in human B-lineage and prostate carcinoma cells, Journal of Virology, April 2011
• Abstracts from presentations at American Urological Association meeting published in the April 2011 issue of the Journal of Urology:
  http://www.jurology.com/article/S0022-5347(11)01618-1/fulltext
  http://www.jurology.com/article/S0022-5347(11)01208-0/fulltext
  http://www.jurology.com/article/S0022-5347(11)00620-3/fulltext
• "Research casts doubt on theory of cause of chronic fatigue," by Trine Tsouderos, Chicago Tribune (March 17, 2011)
• No association of Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-related virus with prostate cancer or chronic fatigue syndrome in Japan, Retrovirology (March 17, 2011)
• "Cause for concern," editorial, Nature (March 17, 2011)
• "Fighting for a cause," by Ewen Callaway, Nature (March 14, 2011)
• "Amid War on a Mystery Disease, Patients Clash With Scientists," by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (March 12, 2011)
• "More Negative Data for Link Between Mouse Virus and Human Disease," by Jon Cohen, Science (Mar. 11, 2011)
• "What is XMRV and should we be worried about it?" Transfusion (March 9, 2011)
• Investigation into the Presence of and Serological Response to XMRV in CFS Patients, PLoS One (Mar. 9, 2011)
• "XMRV may be a wanted suspect in cases of prostate cancer," by Martha Nolan McKenzie, Emory Medicine (Winter 2011)
• "Fresh Doubts About Connection Between Mouse Virus and Human Disease," by Jon Cohen, ScienceNOW, (March 8, 2011) (available to subscribers; abridged version online)
• "XMRV and the Blood Supply: More Study Needed," by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (March 7, 2011)
• "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the Spotlight," by Katherine Hobson, Wall Street Journal (March 7, 2011)
• "This Week in Virology Episode 123: Contaminated prostates, absolute truth, and bleached worms," by Vincent Racaniello, PhD (March 6, 2011)
• "The Puzzle of Chronic Fatigue," by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal
  (March 5, 2011)
• A Short History of XMRV, Wall Street Journal (March 5, 2011)
• "An Illness That's Hard To Live With—Or Define," by Leonard A. Jason, Wall Street Journal (March 5, 2011)
• Rural NY Town Becomes Chronic Fatigue Laboratory, Wall Street Journal
  (March 4, 2011)
• "Troubles of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Start With Defining It," by David Tuller, New York Times (March 4, 2011)
• "News in Brief: Genes & Cells," ScienceNews (March 4, 2011)
• "On the Origins of XMRV,", by Suzanne D. Vernon, PhD (summary of CROI) (March 4, 2010)
• "The Blood Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus–Related Virus Scientific Research Working Group: mission, progress, and plans," Transfusion (March 1, 2011)
• XMRV Session at Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) (March 1, 2011)
  
• "Authenticity of XMRV integration sites," by Vincent Racaniello, PhD (March 2, 2011)
• Analysis of XMRV integration sites from human prostate cancer tissues suggests PCR contamination rather than genuine human infection, Retrovirology (Feb. 25, 2011)
• "Walking on eggshells: PCR assays for XMRV detection," BioTechniques, by Andrew S. Wiecek (Feb. 23, 2011)
• Lack of infection with XMRV or other MLV-related viruses in blood, post-mortem brains and paternal gametes of autistic individuals PLoS One (Feb. 23, 2011)
• "A Step Closer to Tests for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Lyme Disease," by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (Feb. 23, 2011)
• "CFS: Is There A Virus?" NIH's series on Demystifying Medicine (Feb. 22, 2011)
• Serologic and PCR testing of persons with chronic fatigue syndrome in the United States shows no association with xenotropic or polytropic murine leukemia virus-related viruses Retrovirology (Feb. 22, 2011)
• "This Study on Chronic-Fatigue Syndrome Has Nothing to Do With XMRV," by Katherine Hobson, Wall Street Journal (Feb. 18, 2011)
• "XMRV infection of Rhesus macaques," by Vincent Racaniello, PhD (Feb. 17, 2011)
• "XMRV: Study Shows Virus Can Cause ‘Persistent Infection’ in Monkeys," by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (Feb. 17, 2011)
• Infection, viral dissemination and antibody responses of Rhesus macaques exposed to the human gammaretrovirus XMRV, Journal of Virology (Feb. 16, 2011)
• Severe restriction of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus replication and spread in cultured human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, Journal of Virology (Feb. 16, 2011)
• AABB Statement on XMRV (Feb. 10, 2011) 
• "This Week in Virology Episode 119: Science and journalism with David Tuller," by Vincent Racaniello, PhD (Feb. 6, 2011)
• "Optimism grows for treatment of fatigue disorder," by Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star (Feb. 4, 2011)
• "No xenotropic murine leukemia virus–related virus detected in fibromyalgia patients," Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb. 2011)
• No difference in antibody titers against xenotropic MLV related virus in prostate cancer cases and cancer-free controls, Mol Cell Probes (Jan. 31, 2011)
• Diagnostic markers for a virus associated with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or prostate cancer, SciBX (Jan. 27, 2011)
• "XMRV: Testing the blood supply," by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal
  (Jan. 20, 2011)
• Gordon Medical Associates program on XMRV featuring Annette Whittemore and Judy Mikovits, PhD (Jan. 17, 2011)
• "XMRV and Blood Transfusion: Report of the AABB Interorganization Task Force," Transfusion (Jan. 14, 2011)
• "XMRV and related retroviruses: Are these a threat to blood safety?" by Steve Kleinman, BSc, MD (Jan. 12, 2011)
• "XMRV: It's Ugly, But That's Science," by Derek Lowe, PhD, Corante (Jan. 11, 2011)
• FDA Blood Products Advisory Committee Dec. 14, 2010 Meeting Transcript (posted Jan. 11, 2011)
• "Big study linking chronic fatigue to virus may be fatally flawed," by Steven Salzberg, PhD, Forbes (Jan. 9, 2011)
• "Studies point to possible contamination in XMRV findings," by Jocelyn Kaiser, Science (Jan. 7, 2011) (full text available only to subscribers or pay-per-article basis)
• "Retroviral integration and the XMRV provirus," by Vincent Racaniello, PhD (Jan. 4, 2011)
• "Exhausted by illness, and doubts," by David Tuller, New York Times (Jan. 3, 2011)
• "The lingering mystery of CFS," by Toby Bilanow, New York Times "Well" blog (Jan. 3, 2011)
• "This Week in Virology Episode 114: Ten of '10,'" by Vincent Racaniello, PhD
  (Jan. 2, 2011)
• "Headway, Headlines and Healthy Skepticism" by Kim McCleary (Dec. 28, 2010)
• "Of mice and men, on the origin of XMRV," by AC Van Der Kuyl et al, Frontiers in Virology (Dec. 26, 2010)
• "This Week in Virology Episode 113: Alan Rein on XMRV," by Vincent Racaniello, PhD (Dec. 26, 2010)
• No evidence for XMRV in German CFS and MS Patients with fatigue despite the ability of the virus to infect human blood cells In Vitro, PLoS One (Dec. 22, 2010)
• The XMRV debate continues at 1st international workshop, Retrovirology
  (Dec. 22, 2010)
• Retrovirology: list of studies on possible sources of contamination, commentary and media reports (Dec. 20, 2010)
• XMRV Working Group Study Update Webinar, Webinar conducted Dec. 17, 2010
• "FDA advised to turn away blood donors with chronic fatigue syndrome,"  by Heidi Ledford, Nature.com  (Dec. 16, 2010)
• "How common is it for chronic fatigue syndrome patients to give blood?" by Katherine Hobson, Wall Street Journal (Dec. 15, 2010)
• "New blood-screening advised," by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal
  (Dec. 15, 2010)
• "Chronic fatigue patients should be barred from giving blood, panel says," by Rob Waters and Catherine Larkin, Bloomberg (Dec. 15, 2010)
• "Humboldt County blood banks warn against chronic fatigue patients donating," by Donna Tam, The Times-Standard (Dec. 9, 2010)
• "Red Cross bans chronic fatigue patients from donating blood," by Michelle Cortez and Dan Hart, Bloomberg (Dec. 4, 2010)
• "XMRV: Red Cross now barring blood donors who have CFS," by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (Dec. 3, 2010)
• "Chronic fatigue patients barred from blood donation," by Rob Stein, Washington Post (Dec. 3, 2010)
• "Red Cross bars chronic fatigue patients from donating blood," by Rob Stein, Washington Post Health blog (Dec. 3, 2010)
• American Red Cross Statement on XMRV and CFS (Dec. 3, 2010)
• "Validation In a Virus?" by Claudia Kalb, Newsweek (Nov. 28, 2010)
• FDA Blood Products Advisory Committee meeting agenda for Dec. 14-15, 2010 (posted Nov. 26, 2010)
• Meeting materials for the FDA Blood Products Advisory Committee meeting to be held Dec. 14-15, 2010 (posted Nov. 26, 2010)
• "Seeking new blood-supply test," by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal
  (Nov. 23, 2010)
• "A man from whom viruses can’t hide," by Carl Zimmer, New York Times
  (Nov. 22, 2010)
• "Gearing Up for the Big Search for XMRV," by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (Nov. 17, 2010)
• "What’s Next for X (as in XMRV)?" by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal
  (Nov. 4, 2010)
• "Hide and Seek," by Suzanne D. Vernon, PhD (Nov. 4, 2010)
• "Detecting Retroviral Sequences in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome," by Ila Singh, MD, PhD, Viruses (Nov. 3, 2010)
• "UK ME Sufferers Banned from Donating Blood," Demotix (Nov. 1, 2010)
• AABB Statement on XMRV Task Force (Nov. 1, 2010)
• "Reply to Erlwein et al. and Martin: On detection of murine leukemia virus-related virus gene sequences in blood of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and healthy blood donors," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Oct. 26, 2010)
• "New study casts doubt on retrovirus link to cancer and CFS," Trine Tsouderos, Los Angeles Times (Oct. 26, 2010)
• Study Reignites Debate About Viral Agent in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome JAMA (Oct. 20, 2010)
• "XMRV On Everyone’s Mind at a Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Meeting," by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (Oct. 15, 2010)
• "XMRV Found in Prostate Cancer Again, But More Study Is," by Zosia Chustecka, Medscape Today (Oct. 14, 2010)
• "PCR and serology find no association between xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) and autism," Molecular Autism (Oct. 14, 2010)
• "New studies find no link between retrovirus and chronic fatigue syndrome," by Trine Tsouderos, Chicago Tribune (Oct. 13, 2010)
• XMRV Update, Stuart Legrice of the National Cancer Institute, speaking at the federal CFS Advisory Committee meeting (Oct. 12, 2010)
• "Links Between XMRV and Human Disease Studied," ScienceDaily (Oct. 12, 2010)
• "XMRV Prevalence in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Chronic Immunomodulatory Conditions," Henrich et al., Journal of Infectious Diseases (Oct. 11, 2010, e-pub ahead of print)
• "Current Status of XMRV in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Prostate Cancer: Reach for a Scorecard, Not a Prescription Pad," Mary Kearney and Frank Maldarelli, Journal of Infectious Diseases (Oct. 11, 2010, e-pub ahead of print)
• Blood donor ban for ME patients (Oct. 7, 2010)
• "Of Mice and Men: A Summary of the First International XMRV Workshop," by Kim McCleary, Steven Kleinman, BSc, MD, and Suzanne Vernon, PhD (Sept. 24, 2010)
• "XMRV Researchers Discuss the State of the Science," by Edward Winstead, NCI Cancer Bulletin (Sept. 21, 2010)
• Written materials from the 1st International XMRV Workshop, Virology Education (posted Sept. 20, 2010)
• "This Week in Virology Episode 99: ICAAC Boston 2010," by Vincent Racianello, PhD (Sept. 19, 2010)
• "No Meeting of Minds on XMRV's Role in Chronic Fatigue, Cancer," by Jocelyn Kaiser, Science (Sept. 17, 2010)
• "Emerging Issues in Infectious Diseases," MicroWorld reporting from the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) (Sept. 13, 2010)
• "Distribution of Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus (XMRV) Infection in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Prostate Cancer," AIDS Reviews (Sept. 12, 2010)
• "Failure to detect xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus in Chinese
  patients with chronic fatigue syndrome," Virology Journal (Sept. 2010)
• "Murine musings, electric shirts, and rabid pathologists," Vincent Racaniello, PhD (Sept. 10, 2010)
• "PMRV joins XMRV as possible etiologic agent of chronic fatigue syndrome," Vincent Racaniello, PhD (Sept. 9, 2010)
• "Researchers Study Virus' Link to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome," by Matt McMillen, WebMD Health News (Sept. 9, 2010)
• 'World Class Virus Hunter' To Head Up the Latest XMRV Study, by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (September 8, 2010)
• "Cleveland Clinic researcher helps organize international XMRV meeting," by Angela Townsend, The Plain Dealer (Sept. 8, 2010)
• Study published in PNAS links CFS to murine leukemia viruses, new webpage on the CFIDS Association's website with links and resources to information about the PNAS study (posted Aug. 23, 2010 and updated frequently)
• XMRV, FDA website - Q&A (posted Aug. 23, 2010)
• XMRV, CDC website - Q&A (updated Aug. 23, 2010)
• "Biology and pathophysiology of the new human retrovirus XMRV and its association with human disease," Immunology Research (Aug. 18, 2010)
• XMRV & Blood Safety, webinar recording (Aug. 16, 2010)
• Blood Products Advisory Committee Meeting Presentations on XMRV, FDA website
  (posted Aug. 11, 2010)
• "TWiV 94: XMRV with Dr. Ila Singh," Vincent Racaniello, PhD (Aug. 8, 2010)
• "Detection of an infectious retrovirus, XMRV, in blood cells of patients
  with chronic fatigue syndrome," Virulence (Sept/Oct 2010)
• "Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus: current research, disease associations and therapeutic opportunities," Future Medicine (July 2010) (subscription only)
• "Science and the Hold on XMRV Studies," Fred Friedberg, PhD, IACFS/ME (July 30, 2010)
• "Blood Products Advisory Committee Mulls XMRV Information," by Fran Lowry, Medscape Today (July 27, 2010)
• "FDA Advisory Committee to Hear About XMRV Working Group’s Research,"
  by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (July 26, 2010)
• "Potential XMRV-Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Link Not Easy to Tease Out,"
  by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (July 16, 2010)
• XMRV Update webinar recording (July 15, 2010)
• "Delay in Release of Study on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Prompts an Outcry,"
  by David Tuller, New York Times (July 14, 2010)
• "Study that 'solves' chronic fatigue syndrome blocked," by Steve Connor, The Independent (July 9, 2010)
• "Chronic fatigue findings were held back," by Heidi Ledford, naturenews (July 2, 2010)
• "Absence of evidence of Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-related virus infection in persons with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and healthy controls in the United States," Retrovirology (July 1, 2010)
• "Blood from a Stone," Suzanne D. Vernon, PhD (July 1, 2010)
• “CDC team’s XMRV-chronic fatigue syndrome paper is out,” by Amy Dockser-Marcus, Wall Street Journal (July 1, 2010)
• "Journal publishes CDC paper discounting viral link with CFS," by Jocelyn Kaiser, ScienceInsider (July 1, 2010)
• "Conflicting papers on hold as XMRV frenzy reaches new heights," by Martin Enserink, Science (July 1, 2010) (subscription or $15 payment required; longer version of June 30 article)
• "Publication of XMRV papers should not be blocked," Vincent Racaniello, PhD
  (June 30, 2010)
• "Chronic-Fatigue Link to Virus Disputed," by Amy Dockser Marcus, Wall Street Journal Health Blog (June 30, 2010)
• "With Papers On Hold, Government Scientists Fuel Debate on Virus for Chronic Fatigue," by Martin Enserink, ScienceInsider (June 30, 2010)
• "Chronic fatigue syndrome: suspicion is back on virus," NewScientist (June 24, 2010)
• "Further Evidence of an XMRV-Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Connection?",
  by Amy Dockser Marcus, Wall Street Journal Health Blog (June 23, 2010)
• "FDA and NIH confirm WPI XMRV findings," Vincent Racaniello, PhD
  (June 22, 2010)
• "Blood Banks Urged to Discourage Chronic Fatigue Patients From Giving Blood,"
  by Martin Enserink, ScienceInsider (June 21, 2010)
• "The AABB Makes it Official: CFS Patients Shouldn’t Give Blood," by Amy Dockser Marcus, Wall Street Journal Health Blog (June 19, 2010)
• AABB Association Bulletin: CFS and Blood Donation (June 18, 2010)
• CFIDS Association commends AABB (June 18, 2010)
• "Controversy continues on whether XMRV retrovirus contributes to chronic fatigue syndrome," by Kathleen Louden, Medscape Today (June 17, 2010)
• "Giving blood: no gay men, chronic fatigue patients?" Time.com, by Tiffany O'Callaghan (June 15, 2010)
• "Blood center in middle of debate on chronic fatigue," by Tory Brecht, Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa) (June 15, 2010)
• "Chronic fatigue sufferers may be asked to avoid donating blood," by Amy Dockser Marcus, Wall Street Journal Health Blog (June 14, 2010)
• "Hope outrunning science on chronic fatigue syndrome," by Trine Tsouderos,
  Chicago Tribune (June 7, 2010)
• XMRV, from Canada’s National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases
  (June 6, 2010)
• "We Are Not Alone," Suzanne D. Vernon, PhD, (June 3, 2010)
• Testing for XMRV (updated June 1, 2010)
• "The human retrovirus XMRV in prostate cancer and CFS," Robert Silverman, PhD, et al., Nature Reviews Urology (June 1, 2010)
• Guidance for Persons With CFS for Safe Blood Donation (Updated May 21, 2010)
• "XMRV in human respiratory tract," Vincent Racaniello, PhD, (May 19, 2010)
• "Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus–related Gammaretrovirus in Respiratory Tract," Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal (May 18, 2010)
• More on XMRV and CFS in May 14 issue of Science (May 13, 2010)
• “The trouble with ME,” the Guardian (U.K.) (May 13, 2010)
• Federal CFS Advisory Committee Report (May 10, 2010)
• "Is a novel human retrovirus associated with prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome?" Future Microbiology (May 7, 2010)
• 1st International Workshop on XMRV (Sept. 7-8, 2010), (announcement posted May 1, 2010)
• "XMRV in CFS and Prostate Cancer," Current Allergy and Asthma Reports
  (Apr. 29, 2010 )
• Australian Red Cross Blood Service updates CFS donor policy (Apr. 29, 2010)
• "Chronic Fatigue Link Prompts Blood Ban," The Sydney Morning Herald
  (Apr. 28, 2010)
• "Chronic Fatigue Set To Disqualify New Zealand Blood Donors," Voxy.co.nz
  (Apr. 21, 2010)
• "Viral link sparks blood donor review," The Australian (Apr. 20, 2010)
• AABB Fact Sheet: XMRV (Updated Apr. 20, 2010)
• "New investigation supports correlation between XMRV and prostate cancer," Eurek Alert (Apr. 10, 2010)
• Canadian Blood Services - Indefinite Deferral (Apr. 7, 2010)
• "Virus leads Canadian blood service to ban certain donors," The Toronto Star
  (Apr. 7, 2010)
• PPTA Statement: XMRV and Plasma Protein Therapies (Apr. 7, 2010)
• "TWiV 76: XMRV with Professor Stephen Goff ," Vincent Racaniello, PhD
  (Apr. 4, 2010)
• "Potential Risk to Blood Supply Probed," Wall Street Journal (Apr. 4, 2010)
• "AIDS drugs fight prostate cancer-linked virus, U. scientists say," Salt Lake Tribune (Apr. 2, 2010)
• "Raltegravir Is a Potent Inhibitor of XMRV, a Virus Implicated in Prostate Cancer and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome," PLoS ONE (Apr. 1, 2010)
• "HIV drugs could have second life as treatment for retrovirus correlated with prostate cancer," Scientific American (Apr. 1, 2010)
• "The Race Is On," Pharmaceutial Executive (Mar. 2010)
• 7 Articles about CFS in March 6, 2010 Issue of British Medical Journal
  (Mar. 6, 2010)
• "We've Just Begun," by Kim McCleary (Mar. 3, 2010) 
• "Playing A Weak Hand Well," by Suzanne D. Vernon, PhD (Feb. 26, 2010)
• "XMRV not detected in Dutch chronic fatigue patients," Vincent Racaniello, PhD
  (Feb. 26, 2010)
• "Prevalence of XMRV in patients with CFS in the Netherlands: retrospective analysis of samples from an established cohort," British Medical Journal (Feb. 25, 2010)
• New Studies on XMRV Presented at the 2010 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (Feb. 22, 2010)
• CDC posts XMRV Information (Feb. 22, 2010)
• "Secrets of Novel Retrovirus Unfolding," MedPage Today (Feb. 21, 2010)
• AABB Statement on XMRV Task Force (Feb. 17, 2010)
• Second XMRV Negative Study...Still In Search of a Proper and Robust Replication Study, by Suzanne D. Vernon, PhD (Feb. 16, 2010)
• "New Challenge to Chronic Fatigue 'Virus,'" by Sam Kean, ScienceNOW
  (Feb. 16, 2010)
• "XMRV not found in 170 additional UK chronic fatigue syndrome patients," Vincent Racaniello, PhD (Feb. 15, 2010)
• Absence of xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus in UK patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, Retrovirology (Feb. 15, 2010)
• Webcast: XMRV Seminar and Q&A by Dr. Judy Mikovits, hosted by ProHealth
  (Jan. 22, 2010)
• Fibromyalgia, H.I.V. and Chronic Fatigue, New York Times (Jan. 21, 2010)
• Webinar: "XMRV & Its Implications for CFS" Dr. Lucinda Bateman, hosted by the CFIDS Association (Jan. 18, 2010)
• Seconds out, The Economist (Jan. 7, 2010)
• An Indefatigable Debate Over Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, ScienceNOW
  (Jan. 6, 2010)
• Research casts doubt over US chronic fatigue virus claim, The Guardian
  (Jan. 6, 2010)
• CFIDS Association of America Expresses Concerns About UK XMRV Replication Study, Press Release (Jan. 6, 2010)
• XMRV Negative Results Emphasize Need for Robust Replication Study by Suzanne D.Vernon, PhD (Jan. 6, 2010)
• "Failure to Detect the Novel Retrovirus XMRV in CFS" PLoS ONE (Jan. 6, 2010)
• Discover magazine recognizes XMRV study as #55 on its Top 100 Science Stories of 2009 (Dec. 30, 2009)
• Videotape of Dr. Lucinda Bateman’s Dec. 2 OFFER presentation (Dec. 17, 2009)
• Transcripts of Dr. Nancy Klimas’s Nov. 7 PANDORA presentation (Dec. 17, 2009)
• HHS Coordinating XMRV Scientific Activities (Dec. 4, 2009)
• "Looking Back and Looking Ahead" by Scientific Director Suzanne D.Vernon, PhD
  (Dec. 4, 2009)
• XMRV and ME/CFS — A stunning find - ME Research UK (Nov. 27, 2009)
• Confirmation study to be funded by 2 UK organizations (Nov. 26, 2009)
• "Getting 'Right' and Giving Thanks" by CEO Kim McCleary (Nov. 25, 2009)
• Update on meeting at Cleveland Clinic of XMRV researchers - The Plain Dealer
  (Nov. 24, 2009)
• Dr. Nancy Klimas answers questions about CFS and XMRV - New York Times
  (Nov. 24, 2009)
• New retrovirus is associated with CFS by Anthony L. Komaroff, MD - Medscape
  (Nov. 23, 2009) (registration required)
  
• National Cancer Institute Q&A about XMRV (Nov. 18, 2009)
• Statement from the CFIDS Association's Board (Nov. 16, 2009)
• "Top scientists to meet at Cleveland Clinic on trail of XMRV" - The Plain Dealer
  (Nov. 10, 2009)
• Federal CFS Advisory Committee Meeting Report (Nov. 4, 2009)
• Latest update on XMRV and ME/CFS, ME Association (UK) (Nov. 4, 2009)
• XMRV and the 10/29/09 CFSAC meeting, David S. Bell, MD (Nov. 3, 2009)
• XMRV: Blood Safety and Availability - DHHS Office of Public Health and Science
  (Oct. 30, 2009)
• Interim XMRV Guidelines from National Cancer Institute (Oct. 23, 2009)
• Readers Ask: A Virus Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - New York Times
  (Oct. 15, 2009)
• "Xplained," Suzanne D. Vernon, PhD (Oct. 15, 2009)
• Making Sense of Medical Research (Oct. 13, 2009)
• Statement from the CFIDS Association's Board of Directors (Oct. 10, 2009)
• Article in Scientific American about CFS and XMRV (Oct. 8, 2009)
• More media coverage (Spark!)