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    How studies with trivial motions waste urgently needed resources

    Maybe I see this wrong but can anyone explain me why money has to be used on such trivial studies as: Epilepsy-Linked Memory Losss Worries More Patients Than Doctors http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110308172944.htm The patient is the one who gets affected by the memory loss...
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    "Natural Selection will destroy us" interesting article

    I completely agree. Mankind evolves. Nuclear fusion could be the solution to all our energy problems with a nearly infinite supply of the required deuterium.
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    So, 470 *MILLION* people may have XMRV?

    After reading the comments on the latest XMRV post on virology.ws I think you guys lean far out of the window when you say that XMRV could be a pandemic. As it seems XMRV could turn out to be nothing at all. I really don't understand how you can be so sure that XMRV is pathogenic whatsoever...
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    Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Could Be Caused by a Retrovirus

    Could it be that viruses are causative to much more diseases than we currently think? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110302121911.htm Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Could Be Caused by a Retrovirus, Study Suggests ScienceDaily (Mar. 2, 2011) — A retrovirus that inserted...
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    virology.ws - XMRV contamination now more likely

    http://www.virology.ws/2011/03/02/authenticity-of-xmrv-integration-sites/#comments These observations do not directly impugn the veracity of the other 12 XMRV integration sites identified in prostate tumor DNA. However, when DNA contamination occurs it is often ubiquitous. Hence the authors...
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    Histamine may prevent Multiple Sclerosis

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110131133317.htm ScienceDaily (Jan. 31, 2011) If you think histamines are your nemesis during allergy season, here's something that might change your perspective. New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that histamine...
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    Printing Human Skin

    We'll see in some years.
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    Printing Human Skin

    Ye, me too. Right now it only puts ink onto paper but in the future these things will "print" whole organs.
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    Printing Human Skin

    Crazy but very good news. Welcome to the future. I wish science already had advanced 20 years from now. I guess CFS is of no problem then anymore. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/02/19/bioprinting.wounded.soldiers/index.html (CNN) -- Researchers are developing a specialized...
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    Telomere/telomerase dynamics: effect of chronic infection and stress

    Does anyone have full access to this paper? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=20833238%20 Abstract Aging of the immune system is a major factor responsible for the increased severity of infections, reduced responses to vaccines, and higher cancer incidence in the elderly. Indeed...
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    Anti-inflammatory and other positive effects of antibiotics

    Asthma Tied to Bacterial Communities in the Airway http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110217151457.htm ScienceDaily (Feb. 19, 2011) — Asthma may have a surprising relationship with the composition of the species of bacteria that inhabit bronchial airways, a finding that could suggest...
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    Anti-inflammatory and other positive effects of antibiotics

    We often hear about how bad antibiotics are for us. That's why I found it very interesting to read about the many positive effects antibiotics can have, besides destroying bacteria. http://www.aldf.com/Book_Review_on_Antibiotics_as_inflamatory_agents.pdf Abilities (1) to suppress the...
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    Why do certain supplements/medication stop working?

    I agree. Treating the MC can improve the health situation for PWCs but unfortunately it certainly doesn't have to. I had the same problems with inflammation as you describe, even on low doses and over a long period of time. I'm hoping that certain drugs against unwanted inflammation will be made...
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    Why do certain supplements/medication stop working?

    Hi Rich, thank you for your answer. The Biochemical Pathways Map is just *wow*. I wonder if there is one person in the world who can recite it on his own. Is there any test you would recommend in order to check for current methionine status?
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    Why do certain supplements/medication stop working?

    Any new input on why drugs/supplements stop working?
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    GcMAF for XMRV--Gc protein-derived macrophage activating factor--anyone taking it?

    Nina, these questions are always difficult to answer because there is not enough experience. I can tell you that GcMAF is no cure. The only way to find out if it helps in the long run, would be to try it again in lower doses. I don't know if GcMAF causes macrophage over-activity but if it does...
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    Major Shift in Understanding How Eczema Develops (God Bless these Scientists!)

    ScienceDaily (Feb. 9, 2011) — So-called barrier sites -- the skin, gut, lung -- limit the inner body's exposure to allergens, pollutants, viruses, bacteria, and parasites. Understanding how the immune system works in these external surfaces has implications for understanding such inflammatory...
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    Immune System Boost cures HIV mice

    Interleukins seem to be a key for many diseases.
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    Gut microbes influence behavior

    There is another thread on this topic here: http://forums.aboutmecfs.org/showthread.php?9836-Gut-bacteria-affect-mind It's interesting that germ-free mice live longer than their counterparts with normal gut flora.
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    New Probiotic Combats Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    I wonder why they deleted the gene but I bet it has its reasons. Unfortunately they say nothing about the reason in the text. The normal Lactobacillus acidophilus is not the best probiotic to my knowledge but maybe the modified version is...
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    new patent - Trimetazidine, (like a beta blocker?) -dramatical improves fatigue, pain

    Thanks for the answer. Did anyone else try it?
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    Gcmaf and antibiotics

    Same here, I feel a lot better on amoxicillin and other ABs.
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    HIV developments

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110123085455.htm Unexpected Find Opens Up New Front in Effort to Stop HIV ScienceDaily (Jan. 24, 2011) — HIV adapts in a surprising way to survive and thrive in its hiding spot within the human immune system, scientists have learned. While the...
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    Thought on AVs and die off's

    I want to throw in my two Cents as well. How do you know that you have a "die off" reaction? The problem is, you don't. In my eyes you just look for a optimistic explanation for bad side effects. Viruses are much smaller than bacteria and are intracellular. How are they supposed to cause a...
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    "Who Responds to the Drug GcMAF?" at CFS Central

    Thanks, very interesting.
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    Good Article about SIBO (Causes, Tests, Treatment)

    Interesting comment of Kofi on IBS and antibiotic treatment: I suspect this antibiotic acts by impairing MMP-9 [PMID 20045287]. As a beta-lactam, it may also act via glutamate transporter protein, GLT-1 (EAAT2) [PMID 17122424]. Since rifaximin (Xifaxan) is used for hepatic encephalopathy...
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    Milton Friedman on the missing consequences of slow FDA approvals

    As you know we currently have the FDA and the approach towards CFS is not very scientific. It makes no sense for companies to put money into CFS drug development because it is very unlikely (look at Ampligen) that these drugs will be approved. Your wish towards a more serious and evidence based...
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    Milton Friedman on the missing consequences of slow FDA approvals

    Despite the fact that this interview is several years old, Milton Friedman says something very, very interesting. For those of you who don't know Milton Friedman, he was a professor of economy and was one of the most famous advocates of libertarianism in the world. In this interview he is...
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    GcMAF for XMRV--Gc protein-derived macrophage activating factor--anyone taking it?

    I'd like to know more about this as well.