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The Wall Street Journal’s Amy Dockser Marcus returns to CFS coverage in a Health Blog post titled “With Help from Author Laura Hillenbrand, Drug Repurposing Comes to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.” She focuses on one of the Association’s newly announced research grants, given to biotech firm Biovista to explore the use of existing drugs in new ways to treat CFS, and makes mention of Hillenbrand’s $250,000 gift to support such research. (2/23/12)http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2012/02/23/with-help-from-author-laura-hillenbrand-drug-repurposing-comes-to-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/ The website of The Chicago Sun-Times posts a review of the documentary “Voices From The Shadows,” released last year, penned by writer, critic and CFS patient Scott Jordan Harris. The film gives voice to those suffering from the illness. (“A howl of desperation for those who cannot howl”) (2/10/12) http://blogs.suntimes.com/foreignc/2012/02/life-in-the-shadows.html Science magazine reports that the NIH grant to investigate XMRV will remain at the Whittemore Peterson Institute with Dr. Vincent Lombardi as the new principal investigator. (“Embattled Institute Retains Major Grant to Study Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”) (2/8/12) http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/02/embattled-institute-retains-major.html?ref=hp This article was also reported inDavid Tuller continues his thorough coverage of CFS in a new story published in the New York Times, “Fallout From Fatigue Syndrome Retraction Is Wide,” that summarizes the state of events and emotions in the community following the December 2011 retractions of the studies linking XMRV and related retroviruses to the illness. He interviews well-known patient advocates Heidi Dunlap Bauer and Rivka Solomon and scientists Drs. Fred Friedberg and John Coffin. (2/6/12) http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/health/fallout-from-fatigue-syndrome-retraction-is-far-and-wide.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2 This article was also posted on |
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