Air date: July 18, 2010

Host: Kathy Miller, MD

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Interview: Stephen Goff, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology & biochemistry and molecular biophysics
Columbia University

Next, very early research into a virus that may contain clues to prostate cancer -- and chronic fatigue syndrome.

The virus is called X-M-R-V, which stands for xenotropic murine leukemia-related virus.

The term "murine" indicates that the virus used to be found only in mice. But recently, it’s apparently made its way into humans as well.

To learn more, Sound Medicine's Dr. Kathy Miller spoke with Dr. Stephen Goff, a microbiologist at Columbia University.

Additional Resources:

• Find details about curent XMRV research from the Whittemore Peterson Institute.
• More on the cancer-causing nature of XMRV.