Guest guest Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 There is the NNY Autism Center...we went there from Chicago and we love them! 315-773-5405 www.nnyautismcenter.com - > > > From: natasa778 <neno@...> > Subject: Chronic Fatigue and Prostate Cancer: A Retroviral Connection - more details > > Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 10:06 AM > > >  > > > > more details on the story > " ...transmission can occur via bodily fluids, including saliva... " if > something like this the case in autism, it would explain the clustering > of cases amongst staff in that autism school... It would also be easily > passed through placenta? - explaining mums with CFS and kids developing > ASD after vaccination (immune stressors reactivate retroviruses) > > Chronic Fatigue and Prostate Cancer: A Retroviral Connection? Sam Kean > As if chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) hasn't caused enough brawls, a new > study published online by Science > (www.sciencemag. org/cgi/content/ abstract/ 1179052 > <http://www.sciencem ag.org/cgi/ content/abstract /1179052> ) links the > disease to a possibly contagious rodent retrovirus, XMRV, which has also > been implicated in an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Related work > by the authors also suggests that CFS might best be treated with AIDS > drugs. Even the lead author, Judy Mikovits of the Whittemore > Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease in Reno, Nevada, says she understands > why linking CFS to a retrovirus and to prostate cancer has already drawn > skepticism. > > In 2006, an unrelated paper found an association between XMRV, which > originated in mice, and a deadly prostate cancer exacerbated by a > deficient enzyme. Mikovits and colleagues had seen the same deficiency > in CFS cases. When they investigated further, the team discovered XMRV > in the white blood cells of two-thirds of CFS patients but only 4% of > control subjects. Intriguingly, Mikovits says XMRV does major damage in > natural killer (NK) blood cells, which attack tumor cells and cells > infected by viruses, and other studies suggest people with CFS suffer > from high rates of cancer. Unpublished work, Mikovits adds, has found > blood serum antibodies for XMRV in 95% of CFS patients. > > [Figure 1] > <http://www.sciencem ag.org/cgi/ content/full/ 326/5950/ 215-a/F1> > > Controversial link. A study of chronic fatigue syndrome points to a > retrovirus found in cancerous prostate cells (magnified in inset). > CREDIT: ROBERT SCHLABERG AND HARSH THAKER > > [Larger version of this image] > <http://www.sciencem ag.org/cgi/ content/full/ 326/5950/ 215-a/F1> > All previous attempts to nail down a cause for CFS†" including many > links to viral infections†" have foundered or been retracted, and many > doctors remain doubtful that it's a coherent disease. Mikovits says her > work " proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that CFS is a real disease. " But > some of her peers find the report of a viral link premature. > > ph DeRisi, a molecular biologist at the University of California, > San Francisco, who co-discovered XMRV, was not satisfied with details in > the paper: He wanted to know more about the viral load in CFS patients > and how the demographics of the control group matched that of CFS > patients. And the Mikovits team didn't do enough to rule out > contamination, he says. " One has to be very careful about making claims > about such a sensitive and emotionally charged issue as CFS, where many > claims have been made in the past. " At the least, a double-blind study > where a third-party lab searches for XMRV in CFS patients and in > controls is vital, he says. > > Other CFS specialists, including Kerr at St. 's > University of London, are convinced that the Mikovits team discovered > something important. " The fact that the virus was actually grown from > the blood cells of CFS patients strongly suggests some sort of role in > the pathogenesis of the disease. " But exactly what they discovered > remains unclear, given that the group is not claiming to have identified > a cause. > > Coffin, a molecular biologist at Tufts University in Boston, > analyzed the Mikovits paper in a separate " Perspective " also published > online by Science (www.sciencemag. org/cgi/content/ abstract/ 1181349 > <http://www.sciencem ag.org/cgi/ content/abstract /1181349> ). Coffin was > highly skeptical of the paper at first, but the team found enough > independent lines of evidence for XMRV to convert him. " They will be > celebrating in the clinics where these people [with CFS] are being > treated, " he now says. > Even if the finding of a link to XMRV holds up, treatment suggestions > are bound to attract controversy. No one knows how easily XMRV spreads, > although Mikovits says transmission can occur via bodily fluids, > including saliva. Mikovits also says unpublished preclinical data hints > that scientists can treat XMRV with AIDS drugs such as AZT, although AZT > itself might prove too toxic. Kerr remained cautious about this: " With > present public knowledge†" what is described in this paper†" further > work would be necessary before antiretroviral drugs could be > recommended. " > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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