Tag Archives: Dr Luis Nacul

Research: The SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 in ME/CFS

Posted on 09/08/2021 by wames

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 →

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Research: Herpesviruses serology distinguishes different subgroups of ME/CFS patients

Posted on 07/30/2021 by wames

Herpesviruses serology distinguishes different subgroups of patients from the United Kingdom Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Biobank, by Tiago Dias Domingues, Anna D Grabowska, Ji-Sook Lee, Jose Ameijeiras-Alonso, Francisco Westermeier, Carmen Scheibenbogen, Jacqueline M Cliff, Luis Nacul, Eliana M Lacerda, Helena … Continue reading →

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From DNA to drug development. Five success stories show the potential of DecodeME

Posted on 05/09/2021 by wames

DecodeME Study blog: From DNA to drug development. Five success stories show the potential of DecodeME   How do you find treatments for a disease like ME/CFS, where nothing is known for sure about its causes? One way scientists can … Continue reading →

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Video: Activity & energy management – Pacing

Posted on 11/25/2020 by wames

Dialogues for a neglected illness: Activity and energy management – Pacing   The Dialogues for ME/CFS project (also known as Dialogues for a neglected illness) has produced a new video explaining pacing for health professionals. “Pacing is an individualized approach … Continue reading →

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How ME/CFS progresses: the natural history of ME/CFS

Posted on 08/25/2020 by wames

How Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) progresses: the natural history of ME/CFS, by Luis Nacul,  Shennae O’Boyle,  Luigi Palla,  Flavio E Nacul,  Kathleen Mudie,  Caroline C Kingdon,  Jacqueline M Cliff,  Taane G Clark,  Hazel M Dockrell and  Eliana M Lacerda … Continue reading →

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Video: Hospital Admissions: issues and alternatives for severely ill ME/CFS patients

Posted on 07/28/2020 by wames

Dialogues ME-CFS video: Hospital Admissions: issues and alternatives for severely ill ME/CFS patients.   A new 16 minute video has been published in the Severe ME series on the Dialogues ME-CFS website   Contributers include: Dr Nigel Speight, Dr  Luis … Continue reading →

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Health Care responsibility & compassion-visiting the housebound patient severely affected by ME/CFS

Posted on 07/16/2020 by wames

Health Care responsibility and compassion-visiting the housebound patient severely affected by ME/CFS, by  Caroline Kingdon, Dionysius Giotas, Luis Nacul and Eliana Lacerda in Healthcare 2020, 8(3), 197 [doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8030197] [This article belongs to the Special Issue ME/CFS – the Severely and … Continue reading →

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Review of the quality control checks performed by current genome-wide & targeted-genome association studies on ME/CFS

Posted on 05/28/2020 by wames

Review of the quality control checks performed by current genome-wide and targeted-genome association studies on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Nuno Sepulveda, Anna D Grabowska, Eliana M Lacerda, Luis C Nacul in Frontiers in Pediatrics. May 7, 2020 [doi: 10.3389/fped.2020.00293 … Continue reading →

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Systematic review of the epidemiological burden of ME/CFS across Europe: current evidence & EUROMENE research recommendations for epidemiology

Posted on 05/27/2020 by wames

Systematic review of the epidemiological burden of ME/CFS across Europe: current evidence and EUROMENE research recommendations for epidemiology, by Fernando Estévez-López, Kathleen Mudie, Xia Wang-Steverding, Inger Johanne Bakken, Andrejs Ivanovs, Jesús Castro-Marrero, Luis Nacul, Jose Alegre, Paweł Zalewski, Joanna Słomko, … Continue reading →

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Circulating levels of GDF15 in patients with ME/CFS

Posted on 12/12/2019 by wames

Circulating levels of GDF15 in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, by A Melvin, E Lacerda, H M Dockrell, S O’Rahilly & L Nacul in Journal of Translational Medicine vol 17, no. 409 (2019)   Research abstract: Background: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a … Continue reading →

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