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  1. MEsucks

    I need help interpreting a Cytokine Response Profile test! High IL-17A and IL-18, low Th1 and Th2!

    I just got the result from my Cytokine Response Profile test and to me the results seem very strange, I would very much appreciate it if anyone could help me interpret it. I believe my CFS is caused by a chronic coxsackievirus B infection, and the only treatment that has ever had a significant...
  2. mitoMAN

    T-Cell Modulation - Mdivi-1 and FGIN-1-27

    Two very promising treatment approaches that modulate T helper cells and have been proposed to be effective in animal models of autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Mdivi-1 also greatly works on mitochondria and DRP1 Proteins which might be toxic at too high dosages as an inhibitor. FGIN-1-27 seems...