Same Virus Linked to Both Prostate Cancer and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

The virus known as XMRV, which has been discussed in this blog previously, has now been linked not only to prostate cancer, but also to chronic fatigue syndrome.

Scientists from the Whittemore Peterson Institute in Nevada have published the results of their work in the journal Science. They have found that people with a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome had vastly higher rates of XMRV in their blood than did people without chronic fatigue.