{"id":10961,"date":"2016-11-30T08:38:15","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T08:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=10961"},"modified":"2016-11-30T08:38:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T08:38:15","slug":"newcastle-university-experts-in-hunt-for-smoking-gun-of-cfsme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/newcastle-university-experts-in-hunt-for-smoking-gun-of-cfsme\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle University experts in hunt for “smoking gun” of CFS\/ME"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northern echo news article, by Tony Kearney, 29 Nov 2016: Newcastle University experts in hunt for “smoking gun” of chronic fatigue syndrome ME<\/p>\n

UNIVERSITY scientists are leading research to develop a simple blood test for the chronic fatigue syndrome ME.<\/p>\n

Researchers from Newcastle and Oxford Universities have been awarded \u00a350,000 funding from the ME Association to spend 12 months analysing nearly 300 blood samples, looking at metabolomics \u2013 chemical clues that are left behind after changes in cells.<\/p>\n

Finding similarities in the cells of patients diagnosed with ME could help identify a test for the condition \u2013 and ultimately a cure.<\/p>\n

Dr Charles Shepherd, medical adviser for the ME Association, said: \u201cPut simply, this is the hunt for a smoking gun.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis could be a major breakthrough.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cOnce and for all, we would be able to dispel the myth that ME should be treated as a psychological illness which is primarily in the mind.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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