The Norwegian news site about research, forskning.no, recently had a thorough article about current research into ME. @Midnattsol shared the article on the Scandinavia thread here. The article has now been translated into English and published at ScienceNorway. ScienceNorway What is going on in the bodies of ME/CFS patients? Sub headlines are Scant research Sharper criteria and better technology Problems with the immune system Disorders in immune cells Autoantibodies and cancer medicine Genes play a part Genes for immune system and metabolism Energy trouble Changes in the blood From IBS to ME/CFS Disorders of the intestinal flora Intestine could show causes Problems in the central nervous system So many findings - but how are they related? Blood flow, psyche and immune system Disease with two stages Body compensates Could explain differences in symptoms and treatment effect Just ideas so far Difficult diseases are what's left Finding multi-disciplinary explanation Quote: All the researchers sciencenorway.no has spoken to encourage more people to do research on ME/CFS. “ME/CFS is hugely under-researched. It’s a major societal problem, and it’s completely irresponsible not to try to figure it out. We’ll learn as we go,” says Tronstad. “I would like to see more research on ME/CFS,” says Viken. “We have to recognize ME/CFS as a disease that is worth investigating. The more we study it, even on hypotheses that turn out not to be true, the closer we’ll get to an answer as to what is going on”, she says. Goll concurs, “It’s a good idea to do more research on ME/CFS, both from a humanitarian and a financial standpoint.”
The journalist, Ingrid Spilde, has written several articles about ME and I think she's currently the science journalist with best overview of the field in Norway as of today.
Tweet from the Science Norway Twitter account, if anybody wants to share it. Code: https://twitter.com/Sciencenorwayno/status/1509475846221971458 https://twitter.com/user/status/1509475846221971458
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