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  1. Pyrrhus

    Research Update: Columbia University, Center for Solutions for ME/CFS

    In this webinar, Dr. Ian Lipkin and colleagues at the NIH-funded Collaborative Research Center at Columbia University provide an update on their research progress.
  2. GlassCannonLife

    Metabolomic Evidence for Peroxisomal Dysfunction and Dysregulation of the CDP-Choline Pathway in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

    Just saw this article posted up on the ME/CFS News twitter. Link is here. Abstract: Emphasis above is my own. It made me think of a relatively recent (6-8 months ago..?) discussion I saw regarding plasmalogens. I made preliminary notes on them but didn't search further - perhaps this is...
  3. Pyrrhus

    Dysregulation of the Kennedy Pathway and Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle in ME/CFS (Che et al., 2021) (Pre-print)

    Dysregulation of the Kennedy Pathway and Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle in ME/CFS (Che et al., 2021) (Pre-print) Authors: Xiaoyu Che, Christopher R. Brydges, Yuanzhi Yu, Adam Price, Shreyas Joshi, Ayan Roy, Bohyun Lee, Dinesh K. Barupal, Aaron Cheng, Dana March Palmer, Susan Levine, Daniel L...