] Re: Fw: Press Release from the Netherlands: FDA and NIH confirm ‘XMRV findings’

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oh boy, this is looking a bit suspicious. I remember in the very first reports, the CDC was very concerned that such a large percentage (4%) of the population could be infected but symptom free. I hope we're not seeing some kind of cover-up happening here.

From: hodolog1ca <usenethod@...>Subject: [infections] ] Re: Fw: Press Release from the Netherlands: FDA and NIH confirm ‘XMRV findings’infections Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 9:03 PM

I was only joking and riffing, about them needing to release it within X days in order to satisfy my personal wishes. But this is TOTAL bullshit:----------------In an email between scientists familiar with the situation, viewed by the Wall Street Journal, a researcher said the two teams were asked to put their papers on hold because senior public-health officials wanted to see consensus—or at least an explanation of how and why the papers reached different conclusions, said the people familiar with the situation.A spokesman for Department of Health and Human Services said the research was being reviewed. "All of these activities need to be completed in order to ensure HHS's commitment to the accuracy and relevancy of the scientific information it reports.''[...]Publication of results is considered a critical part of the scientific process, and researchers familiar with the situation said they were

puzzled by the move. It is unusual for a paper to be held after it has already gone through the formal peer-review process and been accepted for publication, say scientists who publish frequently."It's fair to say it's not a usual kind of thing," said M. Coffin, a special adviser to the National Cancer Institute and a professor at Tufts University in Boston who wrote an editorial alongside the Science report in October. Dr. Coffin said he couldn't comment specifically on the XMRV papers, but that scientists often come up with conflicting data, especially when a virus is new and not well understood as is the case of XMRV. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703374104575337160225739290.html

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No word from Hillary . She must be building up for a volcanic eruption. I

hope so.