by Cort Johnson | Apr 30, 2018 | Epstein-Barr Virus, Pathogens
It’s not every day that a noted researcher calls a study “the capstone” of his career or asserts that it’s more important than the rest of his 500 studies put together. That’s pretty amazing but the exciting part for those of us with... 
by Cort Johnson | Jan 26, 2018 | Epstein-Barr Virus, Immune, Research
Bruun Wyller continues to surprise. Recently the CBT proponent called for more research into Epstein Barr virus. Now his latest study suggests that neither the neurological, immune nor the endocrine systems alone cause ME/CFS but that the three working together may... 
by Cort Johnson | Dec 1, 2016 | Conference Reports, Cytokines, Epstein-Barr Virus, Homepage, Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Immune, Inflammation, Mast cell activation syndrome, Research
What disease does ME/CFS closely resemble? How does exercise effect the immune system? How did mast cells get implicated in ME/CFS? What kind of “storm” may be present in ME/CFS? What three viruses were implicated (once again) in this disease? Find out the... 
by Cort Johnson | Apr 30, 2016 | Epstein-Barr Virus, Hormones, HPA axis, Immune, Infectious mononucleosis, Research
Six months after an adolescent comes down with infectious mononucleosis/glandular fever she’s still exhausted – and her doctor is about to tell her she’s depressed and send her to a psychiatrist. But what if a very simple blood test – one that... 
by Simon McGrath | Nov 22, 2014 | Cytokines, Enterovirus, Epstein-Barr Virus, Genetics, Homepage, Immune, Pathogens
(In the second of a series of blogs of presentations on the UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative (CMRC) Conference in September of this year, Simon tackles Dr. Lloyds fascinating talk on the how infections trigger chronic fatigue syndrome. Thanks for Simon’s and Action... 
by Cort Johnson | Jul 1, 2014 | Epstein-Barr Virus
The renowned Stanford geneticist, Ron Davis Phd, who’s son Whitney has a very serious case of ME/CFS has opened a research foundation at Stanford to find answers to ME/CFS. He’s als0, on the foundations Facebook page, supplying answers to one question a...
