Friday, October 09, 2009

Breaking News!

This is an exciting day for people with ME. It looks like the folks at Whittemore Peterson Institute (see link at right) have come up with the goods. They've found a clear link to a retrovirus, and it looks like a blood test is on the way.

More details can be found here:

http://www.wpinstitute.org/xmrv/docs/wpi_pressrel_100809.pdf

and

http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/CFSxmrv

2 comments:

Leslie said...

Wow, Nicky, this is HUGE! I'm excited about it for you all. What a relief (I'm thinking of all the uninformed people who disbelieve the diagnosis) and a promise.

Leslie

Nicky Reiss said...

Leslie - yes, it is indeed enormous! The ME/CFS newswires are truly humming away this morning, my inbox is overflowing!!
Hopefully an end to discrimination at last!