Guest guest Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 This has been posted on the CoCure list and permission given to disseminate publicly from both this doctor and the Co-Cure list. Hello all from Dr. B. I just returned from the first official scientific symposium of the Whittemore- Institute on the topic of XMRV. We formed a working group to be in constant touch and we plan to meet regularly because advances are coming so rapidly. Big news that everyone should know and adopt is that we have proposed a name change for the virus. This virus is a human, not mouse virus, and it is the first and so far only gamma-retrovirus known to infect people. Also, it is clearly not an " endogenous " retrovirus (one that is present in all genomes due to ancient infection). Because of all of this, and because of the desire to begin on the right track, the new name of the virus is HGRV- Human Gamma Retro Virus. The illness caused by this infection is named HGRAD- Human Gamma Retrovirus Associated Disease. We plan to announce this at the upcoming NIH retroviral conference this September. Definitely stay tuned- the volume of new and important information about this virus and its disease associations is increasing rapidly and in my opinion should be a concern to every patient with chronic neuro-immune diseases, including those with chronic Lyme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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