Assistant Professor Rob Wüst, who is currently working on an ME Research UK-funded project investigating muscle microclots and microvascular pathology in ME/CFS, has taken part in a series of videos in which he answers questions from ‘patients’ as part of a joint project by NMCB, who are funded by the Netherland’s ZonMw ME/CFS research programme, and ME Centraal which is a “platform of exchange and sharing. Set up for and by people who want more clarity and clear communication about the disease ME and its severity”.
In the most recent video, the questions put to Assistant Prof. Wüst included:
- “Do the same problems occur in the cardiac muscle as in skeletal muscle in ME?”
- “Does a dysfunctional immune system influence muscle function? And vice versa?”
- “What effect do cytokines have on red blood cell flow in ME?”
- “What are microclots, and what role do they play in ME?”
Although the recordings are in Dutch, captions and transcript are available in English.
Notably, in November 2024, ZonMw also awarded funding to Assistant Professor Rob Wüst for his research project entitled, ‘From sick to sicker with exercise: deciphering the base of post-exertional malaise in post-COVID’. ZonMw is also funding four additional research projects involving Prof Wüst as a co-applicant.
