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Double Breakdown? Is the Sympathetic Nervous System Broken in the Brain AND the Body in ME/CFS

by Cort Johnson | Dec 7, 2025 | Autonomic Nervous System, Energy Production, Gene expression, Homepage, HPA axis, Locus coeruleus, Metabolism, Neuroinflammation, Norepinephrine

Geoffs Narration The GIST Talk about things being in the wind. Just about the time David Goldstein was providing evidence at the IACFS/ME conference that norepinephrine production in the brain was being slammed in ME/CFS and that the sympathetic nervous system...

PrecisionLife’s Bold Attempt to Break the Code on and Beat ME/CFS and Long COVID

by Cort Johnson | Oct 27, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, COVID-19, Energy Production, Genetics, GWAS (Genome-Wide Association Study), Homepage, Low Dose Naltrexone, Metabolism, Monocytes, Oxidative Stress, Pathogens, Research, T-cells

Geoff’s Narration The GIST This is the next in a series of blogs exploring ongoing projects in ME/CFS, FM and long COVID. The first featured the RECOVER project’s next set of long COVID clinical trials. RECOVER’s 2nd Round of Long COVID...

Is the Long COVID Field Missing a Major Opportunity?

by Cort Johnson | Sep 20, 2025 | Cardiovascular, Energy Production, Exercise, Homepage, long COVID, Metabolism, Muscles, Oxidative Stress

Geoff’s Narration The GIST From viral persistence to complex immune studies, to tissue sampling, to assessing heavy-duty immune treatment trials and large treatment trials, long-COVID researchers are doing things the ME/CFS community has wanted to happen...

Gut Reactions: BioMapAI Points to Multiple Dysregulated Systems in ME/CFS

by Cort Johnson | Sep 12, 2025 | B-cells, Connective Tissues, Cytokines, DeCodeME, Energy Production, Genetics, Gut, Homepage, Immune, Inflammation, Leaky gut, Lipids, Liver, Liver and urea cycle, ME/CFS, Metabolism, Microbiome, Oxidative Stress, Research, Serotonin, T-cells, Tryptophan

BioMapAI study suggests the gut problems in ME/CFS are driving other system malfunctions and symptoms.

“Screaming Immune Activation”: Major Lipkin Study Finds ME/CFS Systems Folding Under the Stress

by Cort Johnson | Sep 5, 2025 | Complement, Connective Tissues, Cytokines, Energy Production, Exercise, Gut, Homepage, Hormones, Immune, Inflammation, Leaky gut, Lipids, Liver, Liver and urea cycle, Mast cell activation syndrome, Metabolism, Microbiome, Muscles, Oxidative Stress, Pathogens, Sex hormones

This amazing study shows why so many systems in ME/CFS patient's bodies fold under stress.

Decoding ME: Big Stakes Genetics Study Puts ME/CFS on Firm Biological Foundation

by Cort Johnson | Aug 17, 2025 | Autonomic Nervous System, Basal Ganglia, Brain, DeCodeME, Energy Production, Gene expression, Genetics, Homepage, Inflammation, Metabolism, Motor Cortex, Neuroinflammation, Neuroinflammation, Neuroplasticity, Prefrontal Cortex

The DecodeME study puts ME/CFS on a firm biological foundation by highlighting genes that play a prominent role in the brain, the immune system and metabolism.

WASF3: A Critically Important Process in ME/CFS? Paul Hwang’s Surprising Saga

Double Breakdown? Is the Sympathetic Nervous System Broken in the Brain AND the Body in ME/CFS

PrecisionLife’s Bold Attempt to Break the Code on and Beat ME/CFS and Long COVID

Is the Long COVID Field Missing a Major Opportunity?

Gut Reactions: BioMapAI Points to Multiple Dysregulated Systems in ME/CFS

“Screaming Immune Activation”: Major Lipkin Study Finds ME/CFS Systems Folding Under the Stress

Decoding ME: Big Stakes Genetics Study Puts ME/CFS on Firm Biological Foundation

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