Kati
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i have not watched it yet but here goes:
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Glad you said that as I thought I was losing it!The editing is a bit off
i have not watched it yet but here goes:
Alex are you saying they have two treatment potentials they are using?In this interview Nancy Klimas is saying many of the things I would want to hear from good research. This includes issues around subgrouping. Of note they have applied for approval for two drugs to use on ME/CFS, and these are already funded. The drugs were not named. Other drugs are being looked at for their potential, and some may be selected for clinical trial if they can get funding.
There is a glitch, or was when I played it, where the mold toxin discussion was played twice. It looks like an editing glitch.
I understood that was for GwS not CfSAlex are you saying they have two treatment potentials they are using?
Tell me about your profile picture- it does not compute.Alex are you saying they have two treatment potentials they are using?
No, they have two treatment potentials they have studies planned for and funded, awaiting approval. There are more candidate drugs being investigated.Alex are you saying they have two treatment potentials they are using?
I just rewatched the video. This appears to be correct, the two drugs are for GWS not CFS. Some of the comments on potential drugs are for CFS though.I understood that was for GwS not CfS
In the video Dr. Klimas suggests that she thinks that the best way to figure out who will respond to Rituximab is to see who has an cytokine signature that indicates autoimmunity. (She submitted a proposal to study this, so admittedly it is just a theory right now.) Does anyone know if this test is available already, perhaps for other autoimmune diseases?
No, they have two treatment potentials they have studies planned for and funded, awaiting approval. There are more candidate drugs being investigated.
PS The two drugs are for GWS as commented on by @Never Give Up. However there are candidate drugs under testing with more funding for ME/CFS. Only the drugs that are successful in these early studies will go on to human trials for ME/CFS. Some of the studies underway are for cell studies, they are studying what these drugs do in cells, possibly donated ME/CFS cells though this is not clear.
My understanding is they developed an animal model for GWI. They then tested the drugs on animals to see which ones worked best.It sounds to me like these are existing drugs? If so, why did they have to do animal testing first for the drugs for GWI and why the need to test cells first for ME?
It sounds to me like these are existing drugs? If so, why did they have to do animal testing first for the drugs for GWI and why the need to test cells first for ME?