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In unusual move, Science's editors retract 2009 study linking virus XMRV to chronic fatigue syndrome

Scientists may still be debating the role of viruses in chronic fatigue syndrome, but blood banks aren’t taking any chances. Last summer the AABB, a nonprofit that represents blood-collecting organizations, advised people with the disorder, marked by severe fatigue and aches lasting six months or more, to self-defer from blood donation. Last December the American Red Cross went further, banning people who revealed during a predonation interview that they had the syndrome from ever giving blood at its centers.

Previous study that linked XMRV virus to chronic fatigue syndrome may have been flawed