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As an American researcher, Dr. Judy A. Mikovits is a vaccine and medical industry activist. As research director of the Whittemore Peterson Institute (WPI) in Reno, Nevada; on November 18, 2011 Mikovits was arrested for not handing over her research to her employer (WPI) regarding a controversial publication to the journal Science. Having been investigated for allegedly manipulating data, Mikovits had lead a research effort that reported in 2009 that a retrovirus known as xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) was associated with CFS and may have had a causal role. This research came under fire and lead the journal to make a retraction on December 22, 2011. Arrested in her Ventura, CA home, charges against her were later dismissed by the District Attorney's office - Reno, NV. Mikovits has a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology from George Washington University (1992). Her doctorate thesis defense entitles "Negative Regulation of HIV Expression in Monocytes", changed the paradigm for the