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New light shed on the cause of ME/CFS

May 12, 2016 by Robin Sansom

Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, MHIQ.

Researchers from Griffith University’s National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases (NCNED) — part of the new Menzies Health Institute Queensland — have uncovered significant factors contributing to the pathology of this illness  chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME).

The results reveal genetic changes in important receptors associated with immunological and cellular function and contribute to the development of this complex illness.

Read more:
Griffith University. “New light shed on cause of chronic fatigue syndrome.” ScienceDaily, 11 May 2015. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150511172755.htm.

 

Published paper: 10.4137/III.S25147

 

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