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Loss of transient receptor potential Melastatin 3 ion channel function in natural killer cells from CFS/ME

Posted on 08/29/2018 by wames

Loss of Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 3 ion channel function in natural killer cells from CFS/ME patients by Hélène Cabanas, Katsuhiko Muraki, Natalie Eaton, Cassandra Balinas, Donald Staines and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik in Molecular Medicine 2018 24:44 [Published: 14 August 2018] Research abstract: … Continue reading →

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A new approach to find biomarkers in CFS/ME by single-cell Raman micro-spectroscopy

Posted on 08/28/2018 by wames

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 →

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The biopolitics of CFS/ME

Posted on 08/27/2018 by wames

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 →

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Hyperintense sensorimotor T1 spin echo MRI is associated with brainstem abnormality in CFS

Posted on 08/24/2018 by wames

Hyperintense sensorimotor T1 spin echo MRI is associated with brainstem abnormality in CFS by Leighton R. Barnden, Zack Y. Shan, Donald R Staines, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Kevin Finegan, Timothy Ireland, Sandeep Bhuta, in NeuroImage: Clinical Volume 20, 2018, Pages 102-109 Research abstract: We recruited 43 Chronic … Continue reading →

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The expression signature of very long non-coding RNA in ME/CFS

Posted on 08/23/2018 by wames

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 →

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Metabolic features & regulation of the healing cycle – a new model for chronic disease pathogenesis & treatment

Posted on 08/22/2018 by wames

Metabolic features and regulation of the healing cycle – a new model for chronic disease pathogenesis and treatment, by Robert K Naviaux in Mitochondrion [Available online 9 August 2018] This article presents a hypothesis of chronic diseases including ME/CFS Highlights for … Continue reading →

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Dry eye syndrome & the subsequent risk of CFS

Posted on 08/17/2018 by wames

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 →

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ME/CFS – Metabolic disease or disturbed homeostasis?

Posted on 08/16/2018 by wames

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-Metabolic Disease or Disturbed Homeostasis? by Erifili Hatziagelaki, Maria Adamaki, Irene Tsilioni, George Dimitriadis and Theoharis C Theoharides in Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics August 3, 2018, jpet.118.250845 Research article abstract: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a complex disease characterized by debilitating fatigue, lasting … Continue reading →

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Multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment is not effective for ME/CFS: a review of the FatiGo trial

Posted on 08/15/2018 by wames

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 →

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System reset? Study suggests Pro-Inflammatory / Autoimmune reset in ME/CFS

Posted on 08/14/2018 by wames

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 →

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