First test for long Covid gets EU approval, August 2022 - IncellDx incellKINE Long COVID test

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  1. hinterland

    hinterland Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    But wait, how can she have the elevated cytokines immune signature if the Lightning Process already cured her?... Phil Parker must really be scratching his head over that one.
     
  2. Jonathan Edwards

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    The Times piece is paywalled for me.
    I think she maybe switched my comments around to make them sound different. But I never saw the proof.
     
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    (A portion of?) your quote is included in the extracts section on the ME Assoc page. I presume it's reproduced in the same order as in The Times —

    It does seem to also include a comment on drugs, but I don't know if there's anything in the Times article that that would relate to. I can't read it either but the summary implies it's just about the IncelDx test.

     
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  4. Jonathan Edwards

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    Thanks to Robert I note that the Times piece includes:
    I am told my immune profile is exactly that of the “pure” long Covid group, with the three elevated cytokines they would expect. I’m surprised to hear this since I’ve been feeling much better for quite some time.

    Well that was a surprise that the test was bang on.
    Hopefully the irony of the next bit is not lost on all readers.

    As Karl Popper said, it is always hard to prove a theory right but it is often quite easy to show that it is completely useless.
     
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    She had that previous article on the Lightning Process, that she mentions in this new article:

    Jo Edward's raising some concerns:



    She gets a 'positive' result but remains sceptical:
     
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  6. forestglip

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    It looks like this test might now be available to the public:

    "Our partnership with IncellDx, a leader in cellular diagnostics has led to the launch of the IncellKINE test, a cutting-edge chronic inflammation test capable of determining Long-COVID, Lyme Disease or ME-CFS, now available in the UK. The IncellKINE test offers an innovative approach to detect and understand long-term immune responses post COVID-19 infection, empowering with knowledge and peace of mind."

    Peplobio
     
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    Have there been any geniune clinical trials of this test?
     
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    What does “capable of determining” Long Covid Lyme Disease or ME/CFS actually mean here. The stuff in the link only mentions Long Covid

    It isn’t actually saying in black & white that it can distinguish
     
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    Here are the references from that test page:

    Thread on the last reference:

    Immune-Based Prediction of COVID-19 Severity and Chronicity Decoded Using Machine Learning

    Weird that they just have two references and make it seem like four. One is just plain duplicated, the other they cited both the preprint version and the final version of the same paper.
     
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    Even if that were true, or meant anything...

    ...empowering how?

    And what knowledge? No one seems to understand long Covid any more than we do ME/CFS.

    What peace of mind? There's no treatment, and if you've got it, there's a pretty good chance you already know you do. In big, flashing, way-too-bright capital letters.
     
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