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A new approach to find biomarkers in CFS/ME by single-cell Raman micro-spectroscopy
A new approach to find biomarkers in chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) by single-cell Raman micro-spectroscopy, by Jiabao Xu, Michelle Potter, Cara Tomas, Jo Elson, Karl Morten, Joanna Poulton, Ning Wang, Hanqing Jin, Zhaoxu Hou and Wei Huang in Analyst 2018 [published 22Aug 2018] Research abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome … Continue reading
The biopolitics of CFS/ME
The biopolitics of CFS/ME, by Nikos Karfakis, in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences [Available online 8 June 2018] Highlights: The diagnosis of CFS/ME is not only … Continue reading
The expression signature of very long non-coding RNA in ME/CFS
The expression signature of very long non-coding RNA in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome, by Chin-An Yang, Sandra Bauer, Yu-Chen Ho, Franziska Sotzny, Jan-Gowth Chang, Carmen Scheibenbogen in Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:231 [Published: 17 August 2018] Research abstract: Background: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is … Continue reading
Dry eye syndrome & the subsequent risk of CFS
Dry eye syndrome and the subsequent risk of chronic fatigue syndrome—a prospective population-based study in Taiwan, by Chih-Sheng Chen, Hui-Man Cheng, Hsuan-Ju Chen, Shin-Yi Tsai, Chia-Hung Kao, Hui-Ju Lin, Lei Wan, and Tse-Yen Yang in Oncotarget 2018 Jul 17; 9(55): 30694–30703 [Published online 2018 … Continue reading
Multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment is not effective for ME/CFS: a review of the FatiGo trial
Multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment is not effective for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chCronic fatigue syndrome: A review of the FatiGo trial, by Mark Vink and Alexandra Vink-Niese in Health Psychol Open. 2018 Jul-Dec; 5(2): 2055102918792648 [Published online 2018 Aug 6] Research abstract: The FatiGo trial concluded … Continue reading
System reset? Study suggests Pro-Inflammatory / Autoimmune reset in ME/CFS
Simmaron Research blog post, by Cort Johnson, 4 August 2018: System Reset? Study Suggests Pro-Inflammatory / Autoimmune Reset Occurred in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Epigenetics research holds the fascinating possibility of figuring out what shifted at the very beginning of chronic … Continue reading
M.E.: ‘an insane idea’ – an animation by Alexandra Hohner
M.E. – ‘an insane idea’ – an animation by Alexandra Hohner An award winning short animation by Alexandra Hohner uses interviews with a young man who developed ME/CFS following a giardia infection. She says ” The experiment is based on the idea … Continue reading