by Cort Johnson | Jul 4, 2019 | Brain, Epstein-Barr Virus, Neuroinflammation, Pathogens
Forty years ago, the Epstein-Barr virus was the hot topic in ME/CFS. Nobody was talking about neuroinflammation back then. Now, though, the idea that neuroninflammation may be causing everything from increased pain sensitivity to fatigue to possibly even the movement... 
by Cort Johnson | Jun 30, 2019 | Epstein-Barr Virus, Gene expression, Homepage, Pathogens
If there was ever a “prodigal virus” in ME/CFS, it would be the Epstein-barr virus (EBV). Since the first EBV ME/CFS study in 1984, dozens of studies have examined the role the virus may play in this diseases, and tens of thousands have studied its... 
by Cort Johnson | May 26, 2019 | Cytomegalovirus, Gut, Homepage, Natural Killer Cells, T-cells
In decades of immune research, nobody has ever called attention to the specialized T-cells called MAIT cells in ME/CFS. Recently, though, two research efforts, working independently, have highlighted these unique cells – which form a bridge between the gut and... 
by Cort Johnson | Apr 15, 2019 | Antivirals, Bateman, Energy Production, Gut, Heavy Metals, Homepage, Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Metabolism, Microbiome, Orthostatic intolerance, Oxidative Stress, Peterson, T-cells
Day two of the Conference – not all of which is covered here, started off with a physicians’ panel, then NIH Director Francis Collins showed up (covered later) just before the Intramural study presented some results, then it was onto Ian Lipkin, Dr. Oh,... 
by Cort Johnson | Apr 2, 2019 | Autoimmune, Pathogens
The fact that ME/CFS is a mystery doesn’t daunt the leader of the NIH’s big intramural study on ME/CFS at all. Just a couple of years ago Avindra Nath and his compatriots cracked a mysterious neurodegenerative disease in East Africa that researchers had... 
by Cort Johnson | Mar 4, 2019 | Homepage, HPA axis, Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Thyroid
Problems with the thyroid – the “gas pedal of the body”, as Dr. Teitelbaum calls it – seem to make sense given the fatigue, exercise and other problems found in ME/CFS and FM. Assessing and treating the thyroid, though, is one area where the...
