Bob
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Exploratory research looking for biomarkers involving: genes, viruses, antibodies & auto-antibodies. There are a number of different avenues being explored.
Check out the ongoing exploratory biomedical research on pages 3-5 in the CAA's newsletter:
http://solvecfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/SolveCFS_Winter2013_FINALsmall.pdf
These researchers seem to be new to the field of ME/CFS. (I'm not familiar with them anyway.)
It seems to me that the calibre of these scientists will ensure that any promising results should lead to meaningful future research studies being carried out.
Pages 3-5; sections:
1. Discovering Biomarkers on Genes
Patrick McGowan PhD. (Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Toronto at Scarborough.)
2. Virus Biomarkers
Eric L. Delwart PhD. (Professor of Laboratory Medicine at the University of California San Francisco and Blood Systems Research Institute.)
3. Antibodies as Biomarkers
Stephen J. Elledge PhD. (Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School.)
4. Autoantibody Biomarkers
Michael Cooperstock MD, MPH. (University of Missouri Health System.)
Madeleine Cunningham PhD. (University of Oklahoma)
David Kem MD (University of Oklahoma)
Armin Alaedini PhD (Columbia University)
5. Biomarker Validation
Michael Houghton PhD. (Canada Excellence Research Chair in Virology and Professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Alberta.)
(Houghton discovered the hepatitis C virus* and was awarded the 2000 Albert Lasker prize.)
[* I thought that it was Prof Harvey Alter who discovered Hep C, but it seems that they both had a part to play in a complex journey of discovery.]
Check out the ongoing exploratory biomedical research on pages 3-5 in the CAA's newsletter:
http://solvecfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/SolveCFS_Winter2013_FINALsmall.pdf
These researchers seem to be new to the field of ME/CFS. (I'm not familiar with them anyway.)
It seems to me that the calibre of these scientists will ensure that any promising results should lead to meaningful future research studies being carried out.
Pages 3-5; sections:
1. Discovering Biomarkers on Genes
Patrick McGowan PhD. (Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Toronto at Scarborough.)
2. Virus Biomarkers
Eric L. Delwart PhD. (Professor of Laboratory Medicine at the University of California San Francisco and Blood Systems Research Institute.)
3. Antibodies as Biomarkers
Stephen J. Elledge PhD. (Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School.)
4. Autoantibody Biomarkers
Michael Cooperstock MD, MPH. (University of Missouri Health System.)
Madeleine Cunningham PhD. (University of Oklahoma)
David Kem MD (University of Oklahoma)
Armin Alaedini PhD (Columbia University)
5. Biomarker Validation
Michael Houghton PhD. (Canada Excellence Research Chair in Virology and Professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Alberta.)
(Houghton discovered the hepatitis C virus* and was awarded the 2000 Albert Lasker prize.)
[* I thought that it was Prof Harvey Alter who discovered Hep C, but it seems that they both had a part to play in a complex journey of discovery.]
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