Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Stephen Goff
Vincent speaks with Stephen Goff about the origin of the retrovirus XMRV and its association with prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome.
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- Discovery of XMRV in prostate tumors
- Association of XMRV with chronic fatigue syndrome
- Enhanced infection of prostate cells by XMRV
- XMRV and xenotransplantation
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