THE Autoimmune Virus? Could a Groundbreaking EBV Finding Help Explain Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
The Epstein-Barr virus appears to be turning on many genes that contribute to autoimmune diseases. Could it be doing the same in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)?
Major Research Group Highlights Inflammation Energy Production Connection in ME/CFS
We all pretty much assume that inflammation and metabolic and energy production problems come together to produce fatigue in ME/CFS. Surprisingly, though, except for in one field, very little study in the medical field has been devoted to proving that. A recent review...
Large NK Cell Study Points to Autoimmunity and Inflammation in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
Studies dating back decades indicate that natural killer cells aren’t up to the job of killing infected cells in ME/CFS. Killing isn’t the only thing these cells do, though, the’re also involved in immune functioning. A large study examining the...
POTS Rising! Research & Advocacy Producing Breakthroughs in Neglected Disease
If you think ME/CFS and FM are behind the eight ball at the NIH, then check out postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a common comorbidity. The NIH doesn’t even measure POTS funding but then how could it? POTS doesn’t even have a designated...
Hope for an ME/CFS Autoimmune Subset: A German Researcher Steps Forward
Carmen Scheibenbogen is unusual. Not only has she become one of the most prolific ME/CFS researchers of the past few years but she’s doing her research from a country – Germany – which hardly acknowledges the disease’s existence. Plus,...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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