Could Crippled Herpesviruses Be Contributing to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Other Diseases?
We provide evidence…. that herpesviruses dUTPases…(have) unique immunoregulatory functions that can alter the inflammatory microenvironment and thus exacerbate the immune pathology of herpesvirus-related diseases including myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue...
Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome An Inflammatory Disease? The 2016 IACFS/ME Conference Overviews Pt. II
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...
Antivirals, Immune Support, the Pridgen Study and Testing: Kristin Loomis Talks Pt. II
Treatment Chimerix, the manufacturer of the herpesvirus drug, brincidofovir (formerly known as CMX001), recently went public and the guess is that they’re very confident about getting FDA approval. On your alternative treatments page you note brincidofovir...
The Lipkin Study, The Vagus Nerve Infection Hypothesis and HHV-6: Kristin Loomis of the HHV-6 Foundation Talks – Pt. I
Highlights The assays Dr. Lipkin used in the CFI ME/CFS pathogen study would not detect the kind of ‘persistent, subacute’ infections some researchers and doctors believe are present in chronic fatigue syndrome Fine needle biopsies of the thyroid gland in...
Taking the Sting out of Pain: Scorpion Venom Could Provide Alternative to Narcotic Pain Drugs
In the second of two blogs looking at future possibilities for pain relief we turn to a much feared arthropod. Drug Under Development Spells Hope for Pain Relief in Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome A friend of mine coping with severe back pain, allodynia,...StudyME
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