The study criticized by ERV in the “certain amount of skepticism” link does not appear to be associated with Dhurandhar. That said, I would like to see reliable studies not associated with Dhurandhar before I ascribe significant probability to the theory.
Going over the literature, I did see Dhurandhar’s name a lot. But I also saw a few without it, and their results weren’t any different. And some of them have him last in the coauthor list, which suggests that he wasn’t closely involved—rather, the researchers called him up for a consultation.
Cursory initial Internet searches identify Dr. Nikhil V. Dhurandhar as a prominent researcher associated with studies demonstrating weight gain associated with Ad-36. Two relevant papers: one showing correlation between Ad-36 infection and obesity in humans and one showing causal linkage between Ad-36 infection and weight gain in marmoset monkeys. Whether marmosets are a good human analogue for this purpose is an interesting question I am not qualified to discuss.
The study criticized by ERV in the “certain amount of skepticism” link does not appear to be associated with Dhurandhar. That said, I would like to see reliable studies not associated with Dhurandhar before I ascribe significant probability to the theory.
Going over the literature, I did see Dhurandhar’s name a lot. But I also saw a few without it, and their results weren’t any different. And some of them have him last in the coauthor list, which suggests that he wasn’t closely involved—rather, the researchers called him up for a consultation.