XMRV

The chronic fatigue syndrome Rubik’s Cube

After a 2009 study linked chronic fatigue syndrome to a virus called XMRV, some sufferers hoped the link would lead to a cure. But two studies published this week refute claim the link was the result of laboratory mistakes.

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