Open Naviaux Lab Metabolomics Study (South California, USA)

[Tom Kindlon]

Somebody sent me this and asked me to share it
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Naviaux’s study
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS:

NEW Naviaux Lab Metabolomics Study, participants needed!!

15 females with ME/CFS
15 females with post-treatment Lyme Disease
15 female healthy controls

You will need to commit to 4 consecutive weekly blood draws beginning sometime in August. The location is in Hillcrest.
You will need to avoid food for 3 hours prior to your blood draw.

AND..... participants will be first in line to participate in the Suramin drug trials next year.

Please carefully consider whether you can commit to 4 consecutive weeks. If you are interested, please complete the attached form and email it to me at RRiggs@ucsd.edu

*You must live within a 2 hour driving distance to the Hillcrest neighborhood in San Diego.

If you have questions, I can also be reached by phone: 619.884.8021

 

[duncan]

Why only females?

Re: Lyme - Even larger Why Only Females? Lyme is fairly gender neutral.

 

[Trish]

Lyme may be gender neutral in terms of numbers of males and females getting it. But that doesn't mean the metabolomics is the same between males and females. In ME big differences were found. With such small samples it makes sense to limit variability within groups so they can see if there are between group differences. That logically means using all the same gender for all the groups.