by Cort Johnson | Oct 22, 2019 | Lyme Disease (Borrelia)
Lyme disease has been a scourge in parts of the U.S. for decades but doctors are still using diagnostic tests developed in the 1990’s. Researchers now assert, though, that a definitive diagnostic test is technically feasible. Plus, powered by Congressional...
by Cort Johnson | Jul 4, 2019 | Brain, Epstein-Barr Virus, Neuroinflammation, Pathogens
A smoldering Epstein-Barr virus infection could be allowing the virus entry into the brains of people with chronic fatigue syndrome.
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...