Progressing research | Providing Hope | Preserving Dignity — We do biological ME/CFS research at @UniofOxford #OxMEDiscovery
Apr 22, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Could an upset liver be a key clue in ME/CFS?
Our recent results using a large metabolomics screen of 250 plasma samples from ME/CFS, MS and healthy controls has identified a consistent liver issue in mild, mod and severe patients. See last slide bit.ly/3OvT6jy #pwme
The VIP scores show the importance of metabolites in our patient v control comparison. Blue lower than control, red higher. VIP scores > 1 are worth following up and may give clues on affected pathways.
We are looking at trends rather than highly significant differences.
Dec 3, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Update from Oxford
We were blown away with the interest in our recent crowd funding campaign. Not only the financial support, but the comments and support for our research efforts. Getting funding for research is a challenge and you have to keep going back again and again,
making small tweaks to the proposal and refining your ideas. This can be tough and draining. Knowing people are out there backing us makes a massive difference!
New Initiatives: We have several new initiatives we will be starting soon.
Oct 10, 2021 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Exciting news: We have just take on a second PhD student on a project exploring factors in the blood in ME/CFS #pwME and Chronic Lyme #lyme. We will test the energy modulating properties of samples from patients in different cell models. @MEAssociation#LongCovid
We will be use models to assess candidate factors including anti-microbial peptides, viruses, L-form bacteria and human retroviral elements. The project will further develop our diagnostic work bringing in our two partners ilof.tech and zegami.com.
