In light of the findings from a recent study “In-Depth Investigation of Archival and Prospectively Collected Samples Reveals No Evidence for XMRV Infection in Prostate Cancer” (http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044954) and others in the field, the editors of PLOS Pathogens have issued a retraction of this study. The association of XMRV with prostate cancer has now been thoroughly refuted. Although the original finding of a novel gammaretrovirus, XMRV, with the use of a pan-viral detection microarray is valid, and sequencing and phylogenetic characterization of the virus still stands, the editors agree that it is clear that XMRV found in this study is laboratory-derived and there is no association of XMRV with prostate cancer. As a result the paper was retracted from PLOS Pathogens on September 18th, 2012.
Citation: Urisman A, Molinaro RJ, Fischer N, Plummer SJ, Casey G, Klein EA, et al. (2012) Retraction: Identification of a Novel Gammaretrovirus in Prostate Tumors of Patients Homozygous for R462Q RNASEL Variant. PLoS Pathog 8(9): 10.1371/annotation/7e2efc01-2e9b-4e9b-aef0-87ab0e4e4732. https://doi.org/10.1371/annotation/7e2efc01-2e9b-4e9b-aef0-87ab0e4e4732
Published: September 18, 2012
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