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 "chronic fatigue syndrome jihadists"[2], makes no mention of the fact that the author of the PNAS study specifically stated that this latest research supports the initial study by the WPI that discovered XMRV in CFS blood samples.

However early, or however much more research is needed, surely we should be welcoming developments in biomedical research rather than seeking to rubbish it.

[1] http://bit.ly/9BNqva
[2] http://bit.ly/6SJrji