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    NIH: Accelerating Research on ME/CFS meeting, 4th and 5th April 2019

    @wigglethemouse Wiggle, posted an awesome post on the old mother ship. I'm not sure what is allowed here so I will post a link and part of the post and see what fur flies. Link...
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    NIH: Accelerating Research on ME/CFS meeting, 4th and 5th April 2019

    The women's study is funded and the men's study is over half way there. She is waiting for IRB approval to begin both studies.
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    IiMER International Conference Week London 2019

    I wish they would live stream it like others have done recently. I've ordered the DVDs in the past but have had problems playing them.
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    USA Centers for Disease Control (CDC) news (including ME/CFS Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Calls) - next call 4 Dec 2024

    Thanks Denise. I copied and pasted but apparently the agenda part didn't copy over. I just revised it to now include it!
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    USA Centers for Disease Control (CDC) news (including ME/CFS Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Calls) - next call 4 Dec 2024

    MARK YOUR CALENDARS March 11, 2019 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Eastern Time CDC ME/CFS Stakeholder Engagement and Communication (SEC) Conference Call participants please call in using the following information: Call number: 1-888-603-8916 Participant Code: 7907006 Meeting Agenda 3:00pm...
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    Dr Jonathan Kerr

    Mark Davis at Stanford has found T-cell activation. What do you make of this then?
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    The antiviral drug ganciclovir does not inhibit microglial proliferation and activation (2015) Skripuletz, et al.

    @Jaybee00 Genentech has an assistance program that a number of patients have used to receive Valcyte. As long as you make under I believe $100,000 a year and have a doctor willing to prescribe it.
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    The antiviral drug ganciclovir does not inhibit microglial proliferation and activation (2015) Skripuletz, et al.

    Thanks for posting this. I've been on Valcyte for a number of years with a small boost in energy in the beginning. I do have that wired feeling in the evening and trouble sleeping also. I think I'll try taking a break and see if those symptoms improve.
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    Trial By Error: Some Thoughts About an Upcoming Article

    @dave30th Stoke up that fund raising machine as it appears your just getting started!
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    Ketogenic diet

    Keto Article from USCF: https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2018/08/411526/ketogenic-diet-gains-popularity-scientists-research-what-we-do-and-dont-know "Swanson, a professor of neurology who has researched the impacts of ketogenic diets on inflammation in the brain, got curious about the ketogenic diet...
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    Don Staines and Griffith

    Posted on FB:National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases - NCNED A turning point for CFS/ME Research NCNED have announced that a pivotal research publication has been accepted: ‘Loss of Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 3 ion channel function in natural killer cells from...
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    The Next Plague Is Coming. Is America Ready? - The Atlantic

    "Researchers estimate that birds and mammals harbor anywhere from 631,000 to 827,000 unknown viruses that could potentially leap into humans."
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    Deadly Chinese poultry flu could spark worldwide pandemic

    I liked your post because I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and rent and am about to be forced out of the area due to high costs. I just received a 20% rent increase. So I would never desire a pandemic but I would sure like to see something transpire to bring some sense to an out of control...
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    Deadly Chinese poultry flu could spark worldwide pandemic

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/deadly-chinese-poultry-flu-could-spark-worldwide-pandemic/ Excerpts of the article: "A new strain of bird flu which kills 38 per cent of those it infects has been identified by the deputy chief medical officer for England as the most likely candidate to spark...
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    HIV-infected people are living for years, but age-related diseases set in early

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/hiv-infected-people-are-living-for-years-but-age-related-diseases-set-in-early/2018/04/13/ee26f74e-3120-11e8-8abc-22a366b72f2d_story.html?utm_term=.bfe3e5279ad8 Excerpts: “Most people assume that the medicines have worked and that...
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    My letter to the CDC concerning Kaiser Permanente still recommending GET

    Hi Webdog, Your doing some awesome work on our behalf and I just want to express my appreciation for what your doing. For years I had Kaiser and found they really stick to there guns on the CBT and GET. I had a Primary Care doc and a Rheumatologist who truly believed I was sick and did all they...
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    Rituximab biomarker study update

    http://www.meresearch.org.uk/our-studies/rituximab-biomarker-study-update/ "Last year, we reported on a newly funded study aimed at developing a biomarker to help predict patients who will respond to treatment with rituximab. Unfortunately, this study will not now be going ahead." "Although...
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    Public Chemotherapy-free ‘cancer vaccine’ moves from mice to human trials at Stanford

    https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Chemotherapy-free-cancer-vaccine-moves-from-12777406.php A few excerpts from the article: "A recent Stanford cancer study that cured 97 percent of mice from tumors has now moved on to soliciting human volunteers for a new cutting-edge medical trial."...
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    USA: National Institutes of Health (NIH) intramural ME/CFS study

    @Binkie4 If you have any legitimate questions you can email Dr. Nath at: avindra.nath@nih.gov I initially had questions that he graciously answered and in so doing availed any concerns I had about the study and convinced me of his dedication to helping find us some answers. Were fortunate to...
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    Unrest - reviews and general articles

    Unrest film screening and panel discussion by UC Berkeley School of Public Health https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unrest-film-screening-and-panel-discussion-tickets-42371589565 Unrest film screening and panel discussion ME/CFS: Spotlighting a Neglected Disease Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic...
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