No association between XMRV and Autism?

[HuckleB]

http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2010/10/no-association-between-xmrv-and-autism/

"Recently there has been growing interest in XMRV (Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus) and autism. I haven’t discussed it here on LeftBrainRightBrain as it has been very preliminary.

Well, it looks like I may not ever get into this story in depth as XMRV appears to not be associated with autism.

From ERV at ScienceBlogs, XMRV and Autism: Best conflict of interest EVAH! I learned of this new paper:

PCR and serology find no association between xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) and autism Here is the abstract.

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More:

XMRV and Autism: Best conflict of interest EVAH!
http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2010/10/xmrv_and_autism_best_conflict.php

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This is science. It investigates, and when it finds a lead it follows it, and when it hits a dead end, it looks for other leads. It's not that simple, but....

:hi:

[xchrom]

1. Recommend

[HuckleB]

2. Thanks. -eom-

[xchrom]

3. I really appreciate your postings. Nt

[HuckleB]

5. Well, right back at you! Cheers! -eom-

[Odin2005]

4. K&R +1,000,000,000,000

[HuckleB]

6. The autism "epidemic" no more

http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2010/08/6005/

[HuckleB]

7. Why there's no epidemic.

http://www.slate.com/id/2157496/

[laughingliberal]

8. Meanwhile, the research into the connection between xmrv and CFS & Fibromyalgia continues

UNR is heavily involved in this research. Crossing fingers for some answers to come out of this.