Here's a great example of the kind of skeptical, sneering, reaction that CFS patients have come to expect from some sections of the medical profession. In his article [1] for Psychology Today, Dr. Mark Borigini, appears to adopts a "told you so" attitude, by highlighting the fact that the latest study from PNAS did not find traces of XMRV in CFS patients. However, the latest research did find a related retrovirus in a high number of CFS patients (86.5%). Borigini, who previously spoke of "chr...
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This latest study didn't find XMRV in CFS patients, but researchers said the variants of MLV-like viruses (closely related to XMRV) they found in CFS patients is evidence of a link between the virus family and the syndrome.

The paper can be viewed here: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/08/16/1006901107.full.pdf+html

The findings have already received coverage in the national press:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/health/research/24fatigue.html?hp

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/checkup...
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Some interesting news here (http://www.rgj.com/article/20100816/NEWS/100816069) indicating that the Whittemore Peterson Institute's XMRV research has been replicated by the FDA, with a review of their findings scheduled to be published in September.
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