Category Archives: News
Hypothesis: Broken connections: the evidence for neuroglial failure in ME/CFS
Broken Connections: The evidence for neuroglial failure in ME/CFS, by Herbert Renz-Polster, MD, Dorothee Bienzle, PhD 31 Aug 2021 [doi:10.31219/osf.io/ef3n4] Review abstract: In spite of decades of research, the pathobiology of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is still … Continue reading
Research review: The enterovirus theory of disease etiology in ME/CFS
The enterovirus theory of disease etiology in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a critical review, by Adam J O’Neal and Maureen R Hanson in Front. Med., 18 June 2021 [doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.688486] Research review abstract: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is … Continue reading
Genetic research: Fine mapping of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in ME/CFS
Fine mapping of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) suggests involvement of both HLA class I and class II loci, by Riad Hajdarevic, Asgeir Lande, Ingrid Rekeland, Anne Rydland, Elin B Strand, Daisy D Sosa, … Continue reading
UK Gov CFS research funding – Q&A in parliament
UK Parliament Written Question & Answers: CFS 1. Question from Alex Norrie MP, Labour, Nottingham North To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much Government funding has been provided to ME research in each of … Continue reading
Research: The SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 in ME/CFS
The SARS-CoV-2 receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a meta-analysis of public DNA methylation and gene expression data, by João Malato, Franziska Sotzny, Sandra Bauer, Helma Freitag, André Fonseca, Anna D Grabowska, Luís Graça, Clara Cordeiro, … Continue reading
Treatment Research: Cortene’s InTime trial of CT38 results in sustained symptom improvement in ME/CFS
Acute Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptor Type 2 Agonism Results in Sustained Symptom Improvement in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Gerard Pereira, Hunter Gillies, Sanjay Chanda, Michael Corbett, Suzanne D. Vernon, Tina Milani and Lucinda Bateman in Front. Syst. Neurosci., 01 Sep … Continue reading
Research: An alternative model of CBT for CFS/ME
‘A life I can cope with’. An alternative model of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for CFS/ME, by Catherine Clark, Sue Holttum in Health Expectations 2021 [DOI: 10.1111/h ex.13326] Research abstract: Objectives This study aimed to explore the experience of cognitive behavioural … Continue reading
WAMES responds to NICE ’roundtable’ announcement
WAMES writes to NICE re ‘Roundtable event’ On 27th August, 10 days after publication of the ME/CFS guideline was ‘paused’, NICE made another announcement. Yet again this gave the bare minimum of information – their plan to invite stakeholders … Continue reading
Research: An audit of UK hospital doctors’ knowledge & experience of ME
An audit of UK hospital doctors’ knowledge and experience of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, by Keng Ngee Hng, Keith Geraghty and Derek FH Pheby in Medicina 2021, 57(9), 885; [doi.org/10.3390/medicina57090885] 27 August 2021 (This article belongs to the Special Issue ME/CFS: Causes, Clinical … Continue reading
