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WPI / plasmacytoid dendritic cells

August59

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In the latest newsletter from WPI it was announced that they had discovered that these cells had been found to allow the reactivation of viruses in ME/CFS patients. However, these cells did not allow for this in healthy individuals. Has this been discussed before on this forum or is this possibly at the very least a brand new avenue of the cause of a lot of our symptoms and would obviously explain why AV's work for some people.

I guess the million dollar question is what prompts these cells to do this, if in fact this can be replicated?

I may have missed something somewhere, but I was blindsided about Dr. Kenny De Meirleir becoming the new medical director for the WPI???
 

Sushi

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In the latest newsletter from WPI it was announced that they had discovered that these cells had been found to allow the reactivation of viruses in ME/CFS patients. However, these cells did not allow for this in healthy individuals. Has this been discussed before on this forum or is this possibly at the very least a brand new avenue of the cause of a lot of our symptoms and would obviously explain why AV's work for some people.

I guess the million dollar question is what prompts these cells to do this, if in fact this can be replicated?

I may have missed something somewhere, but I was blindsided about Dr. Kenny De Meirleir becoming the new medical director for the WPI???

Here is the article which was published in February: http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/27/2/177.full

@snowathlete also wrote an article on it: http://phoenixrising.me/archives/16017

The research is ongoing.

Best,
Sushi