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    Urine Metabolomics Exposes Anomalous Recovery after Maximal Exertion in Female ME/CFS Patients (Glass et al, 2023)

    Abstract Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a debilitating disease with unknown etiology or effective treatments. Post-exertional malaise (PEM) is a key symptom that distinguishes ME/CFS patients. Investigating changes in the urine metabolome between ME/CFS patients...
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    Update from Dr. Maureen Hanson`s team

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    Christoph's Funding Challenge: Donate to Dr. Maureen Hanson's enterovirus study now! Every bit helps!

    Christoph's Funding Challenge: Donate to Dr. Maureen Hanson's enterovirus study now! Every bit helps!
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    The Enterovirus Theory of Disease Etiology in ME/CFS: A Critical Review (O'Neal and Hanson, 2021)

    The Enterovirus Theory of Disease Etiology in ME/CFS: A Critical Review (O'Neal and Hanson, 2021) Adam J. O'Neal and Maureen R. Hanson https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.688486/abstract Abstract: (spacing added for readability) For more detailed excerpts, see this post...
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    Cytokine profiling of extracellular vesicles isolated from plasma in ME/CFS: a pilot study (Giloteaux et al., 2020)

    A new publication on extracellular vesicles (such as exosomes) in ME: https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-020-02560-0 Highlights: ME patients had more extracellular vesicles of size 30-130nm than healthy controls. The researchers only looked at cytokines in...
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    In-Depth Analysis of the Plasma Proteome in ME/CFS Exposes Disrupted Ephrin-Eph and Immune System Signaling (Germain, Levine, and Hanson. 2021)

    A new publication today looking at the different types of protein found in the blood of ME/CFS patients: In-Depth Analysis of the Plasma Proteome in ME/CFS Exposes Disrupted Ephrin-Eph and Immune System Signaling https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7382/9/1/6 Excerpt: (emphasis and spacing added for...