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2024 Stanford MECFS meeting

Discussion in 'ME/CFS research news' started by Jaybee00, Sep 3, 2024.

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  1. Trish

    Trish Moderator Staff Member

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    Hmm. My immediate response to reading this was that it's a problem if the subgroup you belong to is determined by which research group analysed your sample! I guess that's not what he meant.
     
    Trish, Sep 11, 2024
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  2. forestglip

    forestglip Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Quotes from the video about subgroups:
     
    forestglip, Sep 11, 2024
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  3. Jonathan Edwards

    Jonathan Edwards Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Different findings in different laboratories only suggest subgroups if those findings are incompatible with each other in terms of mechanism. I am not sure I have seen any such incompatibility. And the most likely reason for different labs finding different things that are incompatible is that none of the findings are solid.

    Suggesting subgroups is a popular way to explain away inconsistencies. There may well be subgroups but unless Younger can say something more specific this looks like wishful thinking to me.
     
    Jonathan Edwards, Sep 11, 2024
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