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  1. ME/CFS Science Blog

    Preprint Initial findings from the DecodeME genome-wide association study of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, 2025, DecodeMe Collaboration

    Paolo wrote out his analysis in an interesting scientific paper discussed here: https://www.s4me.info/threads/biological-insights-from-genome-wide-association-studies-and-whole-genome-sequencing-of-me-cfs-2026-maccallini-et-al.50225/
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    Preprint Biological Insights from Genome-Wide Association Studies and Whole Genome Sequencing of [ME/CFS], 2026, Maccallini et al

    This is impressive work and well worth an in depth-read! It follows the same line of reasoning we've been talking about on the forum fore more than a year, based on both the DecodeME data on common mutations and Mark Synder study on rare mutations hinting at neural synapses in the pathology of...
  3. ME/CFS Science Blog

    The buspirone challenge test clearly distinguishes ME/CFS patients from healthy controls: why is it not being developed and deployed?

    Pasting some of the data here. All small studies but with major effects. Bakheit et al. 1992 (Behan group from Glasgow) 15 patients with postviral fatigue syndrome, split per sex: 9 men and 6 women. 60mg buspirone Peak value for prolactin increased 4-7 fold in patients compared 1.2-3 fold in...
  4. ME/CFS Science Blog

    Genetics: Chromosome 17 CA10

    Thread here: https://www.s4me.info/threads/the-buspirone-challenge-test-clearly-distinguishes-me-cfs-patients-from-healthy-controls-why-is-it-not-being-developed-and-deployed.6421/
  5. ME/CFS Science Blog

    What is the evidence for histamine as a possible cause of ME/CFS symptoms?

    This paper in Nature Mental Health, published today might be relevant: Mapping histamine pathway networks in the human brain across cognition and psychiatric disorders Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-026-00637-1
  6. ME/CFS Science Blog

    Blog: DNA sequencing study to help pinpoint biology of ME gets £4.7m

    Great blog and wonderful news! I was struck by this line: I didn't know this. So this would be an area of technology and biomedicine where ME/CFS is actually in the lead?
  7. ME/CFS Science Blog

    [ME/CFS Research Foundation] International ME/CFS Conference 2026 7–8 May

    There was an issue that some data/screenshots from the presentations of the Berlin conference could not be made public yet. We have therefore deleted all our posts and our blog article about it. Apologies for the error. Videos of the presentation will be made available later by the ME/CFS...
  8. ME/CFS Science Blog

    [ME/CFS Research Foundation] International ME/CFS Conference 2026 7–8 May

    Don't think they presented the lower signal in the brain last time. Thought that was new.
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    [ME/CFS Research Foundation] International ME/CFS Conference 2026 7–8 May

    Don't forget that you're presenting in a couple of minutes!
  10. ME/CFS Science Blog

    [ME/CFS Research Foundation] International ME/CFS Conference 2026 7–8 May

    Perhaps it's just that DecodeME on its own didn't have the precision to pinpoint BTN2A1, it's only with the DecodeME PheWAS of rare variants that it became a likely candidate. He talked about BTN2A1 during the presentation.
  11. ME/CFS Science Blog

    [ME/CFS Research Foundation] International ME/CFS Conference 2026 7–8 May

    Looks like Qiang Yu and collaegues updated the interpretation of their Diffusion-based neuroinflammation imaging (NII)
  12. ME/CFS Science Blog

    Preprint Initial findings from the DecodeME genome-wide association study of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, 2025, DecodeMe Collaboration

    The meta-analysis only has three significant hits left, but includes one on chromosome 2 that we haven't discussed much because it only reached 10^-6 levels in DecodeME. Potential genes are: UGP2: converts glucose into UDP-glucose. The short form is primarily located in the brain. VPS54...
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