Summary/update From microbe discovery project
http://microbediscovery.org/2016/10...while-mecfs-metabolomics-findings-get-hotter/
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http://microbediscovery.org/2016/10...while-mecfs-metabolomics-findings-get-hotter/
NIH MOVING AT BUREAUCRATIC PACE WHILE ME/CFS METABOLOMICS FINDINGS GET HOTTER!
administrator October 12, 2016
There has been another quick run of funding and research news in the ME/CFS community. Some frustrating, some hopeful…
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It is still left to the community to take up the slack if we want to get anywhere within any decent timeframe. As patients we do not want to be in the same position we are now – in 5 years time. Life is passing us by and ME/CFS has been sorely neglected for too long – great researchers are chomping at the bit now. Strong, robust extramural research findings will also help pile on the pressure to increase funds to ME/CFS research. Your donations count more than ever, those that can, please donate and do so in high numbers. We don’t want people to break the bank, $10 and $20 donations or more adds up, but we implore our community to please do not sit back and wait for the NIH – we will be slowed down exponentially.
We can really get somewhere
Biomarkers and major breakthroughs are within our grasp, but we need to forge findings that are akin to titanium in strength and really pin down the pathophysiology and correlations in ME/CFS, to make sure we shift this research landscape for patients and for good.
Metabolomics is transforming from a ‘hot spot’ to a major simmer! New research by a team in Japan has been published in Scientific Reports, titled ‘Index markers of chronic fatigue syndrome with dysfunction of TCA and urea cycles’. Also, well known Norwegian team Fluge and Mella, have also been looking into metabolism with Mella stating in a talk yesterday that there is a paper in process and it is reported that they have found similar findings to the recent Naviaux Metabolomics Paper.
Metabolic abnormalities are now being seen in patients with ME/CFS by more than a few groups, including published papers from Australia, USA and Japan, as well as soon to be published reports of similar findings from Davis, Hanson and Fluge and Mella in Norway. You can see our last blog on the metabolomics hot spot in ME/CFS here. ...