ron davis

Gene mutation IDO2 Every ME/CFS patient has this mutation. Biochemists and Geneticists say IDO2 is not necessary, it doesn't have a function. Clearly not true as every patient has this mutation. We have hypothesis: No details yet but called 'Metabolic trap'. We are trying to prove...

Ron Davis discusses his research at Stanford – interview with Llewellyn King, ME/CFS Alert

Open Medicine Foundation Canada: https://www.omfcanada.ngo/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=news I donate to the OMF - can now receive a Canadian tax receipt ETA: It would be great to see some OMF funds going to Canadian ME researchers - there are collaborations, but I don't know if funds are...

https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/9/3/82

OMF: Stanford Genome Technology Center Applies to NIH https://www.omf.ngo/2019/06/24/sgtc-applies-to-nih/ The Stanford Genome Technology Center (SGTC), under the direction of Ronald W. Davis, PhD, has submitted several RO1 grant applications to NIH to continue and scale up several projects...

CNN has published a story on its front page entitled Human Genome Project pioneer seeks cure for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome to save his own son. The front page link features a picture of Ron Davis. This is the story referred to in the thread Action alert for upcoming CNN reporting. It's a long...

Nanoelectric device could lead to a diagnostic blood test for ME/CFS Last week, Dr Ron Davis’s team published a pilot study showing remarkable results for their nanoneedle device. Strikingly, there was no overlap between the results for 20 ME/CFS patients and those for 20 healthy controls...

By Open Medicine Foundation full article here: https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/state/california/article229756099.html [have looked at the link but can't find the published paper?] eta: link now works this one takes you to where it's listed...

From last year but don't think it was posted. From the South China Morning post. https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/2157439/why-me-or-yuppie-flu-aids-was-once-misunderstood-or also covers #MillionsMissing, Ron Davis, OMF shame we don't get coverage like this in UK. eta:

Paywalled at https://www.cell.com/biophysj/fulltext/S0006-3495(18)31946-5 Edit: We have 3 threads on related or the same research by the same team: Erythrocyte Deformability As a Potential Biomarker for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Davis et al (2018) Altered Erythrocyte Biophysical Properties in...

A Holiday message from Dr. Ron Davis, 2018

OMF: A Message from Ron Davis OMF announces that two new Stanford engineering researchers have been added to their team who will expand their red blood cell deformability projects. You can read a further introduction of the two new team members, Eric Shaqfed, PhD and Juan Santiago, PhD by...

I just got this e-mail from OMF, its a video about 1 hour 2 minutes long

Would someone who's on twitter please make this dutch journalist aware of... - the S4ME PACE briefing paper: https://www.s4me.info/threads/science-for-me-pace-briefing-document.3140/#post-55894 - Graham's video...

There was a little bit of discussion about this when people were tweeting about it from the conference but I'm watching the conference DVD now and this seems quite striking. I hope the biomedical brains here (such as @Jonathan Edwards!) might weigh in on how to think about it. Davis reported...

New blog at ME/CFS Research Review Dr Ron Davis has won a large NIH (US National Institutes of Health) grant for an immunology project with a strong focus on HLA genes. Which may have led some to wonder, ‘What are they?’ HLA (human leukocyte antigen) molecules play a critical role in the...

Ron Davis has been awarded several million dollars by the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to "uncover the immunological basis of ME" by examining T cell activity and related genetic factors, and by hunting for pathogens. The project start date is this month, and the end...

The latest brief (7 or 8 mins) update from Ron Davis, Summary: Most of severely ill study data collected and analysed, now trying to get it online for people to access, and writing a paper. Hope people will use it to develop hypotheses that can be funded by NIH. Other work in the lab...

March 2018- short Q and A Ron Davis says they are working on 4 possible biomarkers. They believe something may be wrong with a central control system in the body. If this can be corrected, there may be no need for a new drug.