Search Results for: Sonya Marshall- Gradisnik

Cognitive dysfunction research: Hippocampal subfields & ME/CFS

Volumetric differences in hippocampal subfields and associations with clinical measures in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, by Kiran Thapaliya, Donald Staines, Sonya Marshall- Gradisnik, Jiasheng Su, Leighton Barnden in Journal of Neuroscience Research March 31, 2022     “The hippocampus is … Continue reading

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Research: Marginal differences found between ME/CFS & LC

ME/CFS & Long COVID patients have similar symptoms & quality of life   This Australian study compared 61 patients with ME/CFS with 31 patients with Long Covid (aka Post COVID-19 condition- PCC) and found few differences in symptoms between the … Continue reading

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Research review: urinary biomarkers in ME/CFS

Urinary biomarkers for ME/CFS?   Although urine would be an easy sample to collect from patients this study found that research into its use as a biomarker for ME/CFS was inconsistent. Studies were limited in size, susceptible to variables, used … Continue reading

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Research review: Biomarkers for ME/CFS

Biomarkers for ME/CFS: a systematic review   Australian researchers found 101 key studies in ME/CFS that varied in efficacy, quality, and potential to be developed into a diagnostic biomarker. Most were blood-based and measured a range of dysfunction. “Many of … Continue reading

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Research: fMRI reveals differences between ME/CFS diagnostic criteria

fMRI distinguishes between two classes of ME/CFS   Australian researchers have discovered that patients diagnosed using 2 different criteria, International Consensus Criteria (ICC) and the Fukuda criteria, have different brain activity. The main difference between the 2 criteria is that … Continue reading

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Understanding ME (and Long COVID)

Understanding Myalgic Encephalomyelitis – Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Long COVID have overlapping presentation   Dr Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik and Dr Natalie Eaton-Fitch from Griffith University, on the Gold Coast in Australia, say there is a significant overlap in symptoms and possibly the … Continue reading

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Research: Impaired TRPM3 ion channel function found in ME/CFS & Long COVID

TRPM3 dysfunction in post COVID-19 condition and ME/CFS patients   Research from the NCNED in Australia, using their Electrophysiology ‘Patch Clamp’ technique, concludes: The results of this investigation suggest that post COVID-19 condition patients may have impaired TRPM3 ion channel … Continue reading

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Treatment research: …restoration using Naltrexone in natural killer cells of ME/CFS patients

Impaired TRPM3-dependent calcium influx and restoration using Naltrexone in natural killer cells of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome patients, by Natalie Eaton-Fitch, Stanley Du Preez, Hélène Cabanas, Katsuhiko Muraki, Donald Staines & Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik in Journal of Translational Medicine volume 20, … Continue reading

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Research: Analysis of post COVID-19 & its overlap with ME/CFS

Long COVID overlap with ME/CFS   A group of researchers from around the world have joined together to analyse long COVID’s symptom overlap with ME/CFS. Highlights Serious side effects and post-infection sequelae have been reported in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients after acute … Continue reading

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Research: The characterization of IL-2 stimulation & treatment of TRPM3… in ME/CFS

Characterization of IL-2 stimulation and TRPM7 pharmacomodulation in NK Cell cytotoxicity and channel Co-Localization with PIP2 in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients, by Stanley Du Preez , Natalie Eaton-Fitch, Helene Cabanas, Donald Staines and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik in Int. J. … Continue reading

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