“Robust biological evidence”
A new scientific paper from the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health has…
Increased gynaecological problems
A new study, just reported online in the journal Menopause, links ME/CFS with early menopause (most often due to hysterectomy),…
Fear Avoidance of Exercise?
The Lancet Psychiatry has just published the latest analysis based on data gathered during the MRC-funded PACE trial (2011). This…
UK ME/CFS Biobank Established
The CURE-ME research team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and funders Action for M.E., the ME…
Webinars by Prof Leonard Jason
Eight web seminars by Prof Leonard Jason, Director of the Center for Community Research at DePaul University, Chicago are now…
Interview with Sue Waddle
As part of the ‘Graticast’ series, presenter Chip visited ME Research UK’s vice-chair Sue Waddle at her home for an informal…
Brain abnormalities in ME/CFS
Prof Jose Montoya’s group at Stanford University School of Medicine has just published a scientific report (see abstract below) containing…
Immunity and exercise
Pain, fatigue and malaise after exercise are hallmarks of ME/CFS, and their very presence greatly helps to distinguish ME/CFS from,…
SNPs analysis in ME/CFS
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs, pronounced ‘snips’) are small genetic changes in DNA that vary between people. In fact, human beings…
Epigenetics & immune dysfunction
We have all become accustomed to the idea that diseases can have either environmental or heritable causes – in fact,…
