February 8, 2010: Whittemore Peterson Institute Announces Renowned Health Expert Dr. Donnica Moore as New Spokesperson.
WPI Press Release [PDF]
January 31, 2010: Dr. Mikovits XMRV Seminar and Q&A by ProHealth and HHV-6 Foundation now available as video. Dr. Mikovoits' PowerPoint slides now also available as PDF.
View Video | View PDF
January 21, 2010: Dr. Mikovits of WPI to Host Live Q&A Session Regarding XMRV
WPI Press Release [PDF]
January 14, 2010: WPI Announces Availability of Updated XMRV Testing
WPI Press Release [PDF]
Winter, 2010: Whittemore Peterson Institute researcher makes major breakthrough in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Nevada Silver & Blue [PDF]
January 6, 2010: Official Statement from the Whittemore Peterson Institute Regarding UK Study
WPI Press Release [PDF]
November 11, 2009: A Big Splash From an Upstart Medical Center
New York Times
November 1, 2009: Medical breakthrough puts Reno in spotlight
Reno Gazette-Journal [PDF]
November 1, 2009: The Institute's Origins: Daughter's illness led family to seek help, start institute
Reno Gazette-Journal [PDF]
October 28, 2009: WPI Announces Availability of XMRV Testing.
See our press release or visit VIP Diagnostics (VipDX).
October 9, 2009: Detection of an Infectious Retrovirus, XMRV, in Blood Cells of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Science)
View Abstract | View Reprint | View Full Citation
Citation:
Detection of an Infectious Retrovirus, XMRV, in Blood Cells of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Vincent C. Lombardi, Francis W. Ruscetti, Jaydip Das Gupta, Max A. Pfost, Kathryn S. Hagen, Daniel L. Peterson, Sandra K. Ruscetti, Rachel K. Bagni, Cari Petrow-Sadowski, Bert Gold, Michael Dean, Robert H. Silverman, and Judy A. Mikovits
(8 October 2009)
Science [DOI: 10.1126/science.1179052]
Consortium of Researchers Discover Retroviral Link to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (NIH/National Cancer Institute Press Release, October 8, 2009)
Whittemore Peterson Institute Scientists Discover Significant link between XMRV and ME/CFS (WPI Press Release; October 8, 2009) [PDF]
Virus Linked To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
(NPR, October 8, 2009)
Virus Found in Many With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
(NYTimes.com, October 8, 2009)
ME virus discovery raises hopes
(BBC NEWS | Health, October 9, 2009)
Retrovirus Might Be Culprit In Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
(Science News, October 8, 2009)
Chronic fatigue caused by retrovirus, say scientists
(Mail Online, October 10, 2009)
'Most cases of chronic fatigue syndrome linked to virus'
(Telegraph, October 9, 2009)
Retrovirus May Be at Root of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
(US News and World Report, October 8, 2009)
Retrovirus Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
(WebMD, October 8, 2009)
Study isolates virus in chronic fatigue sufferers
(Reuters, October 8, 2009)
Chronic fatigue linked with virus
(The Australian, October 10, 2009)
September 24, 2009: WPI Awarded Prestigious NIH R01 Grant
New Strategies to Decipher the Pathophysiology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
WPI Research Director Dr. Judy Mikovits and collaborator Dr. Jonathan Kerr of St. George’s College in London were awarded this $1.6 million grant by the National Institute of Allergy And Infectious Diseases. This 5 year grant will provide critical support for the ongoing research into the causes and diagnosis of neuro-immune diseases.
February 4, 2009: New UNR Center Raises Hopes for CFS Patients
Reno Gazette-Journal [PDF]
Summer, 2008: Whittemore Family Invests in Neuro-immune Institute
Nevada Silver & Blue [PDF]
Summer, 2008: Center for Molecular Medicine Targets Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Nevada Silver & Blue [PDF]
Healthcare Heroes
Annette and Harvey Whittemore, Northern Nevada, Community Partner
Nevada Business Journal report [PDF; see page 20]
INIP award
September 8, 2007: NCI CCR (Ruscetti)/NIA (Taub) proposal submitted to the Integrative Neural Immune Program's Intramural Research Award competition, entitled "Role of Chronic Inflammatory Stimulation by Active Herpesvirus Infection in Development of Immune Dysfunction and Mantle Cell Lymphoma in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients", unanimously considered by the ad hoc reviewers and the INIP IRA subcommittee as a project that will yield important new interdisciplinary research findings. The award provides a postdoctoral fellow for 3 years to work on the Project with Dr. Ruscetti and Dr. Taub and WPI.
