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- xeno- + -tropic (Wiktionary)
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“The virus is known as xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus, or XMRV.”
The Washington Post: Chronic fatigue patients barred from blood donation
“The virus is known as xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus or XMRV.”
The Washington Post: Red Cross bars chronic fatigue patients from donating blood
“In 2009, a team of scientists in Nevada reported finding evidence of a virus known as the xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus XMRV in the blood of patients with the disorder.”
“EARLIER this month, a study published in the journal Science answered a question that medical scientists had been asking since 2006, when they learned of a novel virus found in prostate tumors called xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus, or XMRV: Was it a human infection?”
“Extrapolating from those numbers, public-health officials estimated that up to 10 million people in the U.S. and hundreds of millions of people globally could be infected with XMRV, or xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus.”
The Wall Street Journal: Potential Risk to Blood Supply Probed
“Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health, including NIH infectious-disease specialist Harvey Alter, recently finished research that came to a conclusion similar to that of the Science paper that XMRV, or xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus, is found in the blood of chronic-fatigue syndrome patients.”
The Wall Street Journal: Chronic-Fatigue Link to Virus Disputed
“Researchers from the three institutions developed tests that identify antibodies to three key proteins of XMRV, or xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus.”
“Its closest relative is, in fact, from mice, and so we would call this a xenotropic retrovirus, because it's infecting a species other than mice.”
“If further investigation proves that the retrovirus xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) causes prostate cancer or CFS, these HIV drugs may be an effective treatment for the two conditions.”
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