TWiV #76 - XMRV with Professor Stephen Goff

On episode #76 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent speaks with Stephen Goff about the origin of the retrovirus XMRV and its association with prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome.

Host links Vincent Racaniello and Stephen Goff

• Discovery of XMRV in prostate tumors
• Association of XMRV with chronic fatigue syndrome
• Enhanced infection of prostate cells by XMRV
• XMRV and xenotransplantation