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    Substrate utilisation of cultured skeletal muscle cells in patients with CFS

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-75406-w This study has shown that the ability of CFS skeletal muscle cells to utilise glucose as a substrate is diminished compared to healthy control cells. However, CFS skeletal muscle cells were shown to oxidise galactose and fatty acids normally as...