About the Authors
- Ramon Mendoza
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Affiliation Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Robert H. Silverman
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Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Eric A. Klein
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Affiliation Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- A. Dusty Miller
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* E-mail: dmiller@fhcrc.org
Affiliations Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Competing Interests
EAK and RHS are inventors on patents licensed to Abbott Laboratories that relate to methods for detection of XMRV. However, results presented in the current report likely reduce the value of such technology, thus mitigating any conflict of interest issues. This interest does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. RM and ADM have declared that they have no competing interests.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RM RHS ADM. Performed the experiments: RM ADM. Analyzed the data: RM ADM. Wrote the paper: RM RHS EAK ADM. Responsible for human sample collection: EAK.