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Discover Magazine - Have all of you seen cover page or am I just running way behind!!

August59

August59

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Was cruising the magazine and book section at Walmart yesterday and my eyes found the cover of "Discover" magazine and it caught me very off guard with a top of the page headline - "Chronic Fatigue's Hidden Cause" pg. 72". At least on pg. 72 they did address things more correctly by using terms "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" and "Myalgia Encephalopathy",

I haven't even read the whole article, but it appears that certain "B-cells" if treated with Rituximab will rid the patient of most of the common illnesses associated with these diseases. I haven't seen he word cure yet, so I'm going to fall short of that one.

Was it common knowledge that this article was going to be published in a such a high profile magazine? I was under the impression that this treatment protocol had a long way to go yet! Am I wrong?
 
jenbooks

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The article is not just about rituximab. (And yes, the CFS/ME community seems to have picked it up and reposted it widely, which is good). It's about the role of b-cells in autoimmunity, and how they work; the Fluge/Mella study suggests at least some CFS/ME might be due to autoimmunity driven by b-cell aberrations.
 
August59

August59

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Ok - I just wasn't sure and when I that on a magazine headliner it makes you a little like "Oh shxt".

There was or is coming up a virology meeting and it seemed to have lot of information about viruses and the parts of the body it used for a reservoir and where they like to migrate and kill cells.

Thanks
 
B

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Whoa how did I miss this?

Thanks for bringing it to the attention of those who missed it the first time around (e.g. me)!
 
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