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bohemian.com

The Arts

01.12.11


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Retrovirus Reaction

Dr. Judy Mikovits stirs up controversy in
neuroimmune disease community



By Leilani Clark


*If you've been sick for 10 years, 20 years, 30 years,
and you've been to all kind of doctors and you can't
seem to get well, these people are desperate to find
what might be the key to helping them,* says Tom
Klaber.

*For some of them, XMRV could be just the thing.*


Klaber, a principal at Santa Rosa consulting company
Bridge Medicine & Health, has been instrumental in
bringing Dr. Judy Mikovits to Sonoma County.

Mikovits is the lead author of a 2009 paper published
in Science Magazine showing that more than 70
percent of patients diagnosed with chronic fatigue
syndrome also tested positive for XMRV, a human
retrovirus discovered in 2006.

One of only three known retroviruses (HIV being
another), the discovery may hold the key to
unlocking the mysteries of many illnesses, including
prostrate cancer, fatigue, lymphoma, multiple
sclerosis and autism.


Like medical theatrics straight out of a Michael
Crichton novel, certain groups have challenged
Mikovits claim that strong associations can be made
between XMRV and cancer or other neuroimmune
diseases.

A study in England purported to find none of the
retrovirus in blood samples, a claim later discredited
when it was revealed that the researchers had used
an entirely different method of testing from the
original.


*[Mikovit's paper] really upset a lot of apple carts,*
says Klaber. *There were people with cherished
beliefs about the cause of chronic fatigue were not
happy. Ego, greed, prestige and power is as rampant
in academia as anywhere else.*


Klaber encourages anyone suffering from chronic or
debilitating illness to attend the public talk.

*Significant numbers of people have chronic illness
and just can't feel happy,* he says. *XMRV is
obviously playing a role for many of these people.*


Find out more about XMRV when Dr. Judy Mikovits
speaks on Monday, Jan. 17, at the Friedman Center.
4676 Mayette Ave. 2pm. Free. 707.396.5835.



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