However, the scientific leader of one of the studies declined to answer questions at a news conference in 1994 because his team was submitting a paper to JAMA.
There is an average time lag of 12 months between submitting a paper to a journal, and the journal publishing it.
A British team already exploring the XMRV-prostate cancer link won the race, submitting a paper to debunk the claim on 1 December.
At the time, the model of academia was, and it still largely is submitting a paper to a journal, only that journal sees it, if they approve it, then eventually it gets published and it is usually behind a paywall.
"I'm submitting a paper to the BHA to request that we sit down and have a meeting and go through a proper consultation process in regard to these financial penalties because the jockeys are dead against them," he told the Racing Post.
One of the undergraduate reviewers sums it up best by saying, "I would consider submitting a paper to EvoS Journal in the future, because the peer-review evaluation process provides for quality publications, as well as productive learning opportunities for undergraduates new to research".
