The Lipkin Microbiome Crowdfunding Campaign Launches!

An ambitious $1.27m international, patient-led fundraising campaign storms into action. Sasha invites you to join it!​ This week sees the launch of a major new crowdfunding campaign: the Microbe Discovery Project. The campaign aims to raise $1.27 million (£760,000; €910,000) by 31 December 2014 to fund world-famous virus-hunter Dr. Ian Lipkin’s ground-breaking study of ME/CFS and the gut microbiome –

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Gut bugs misbehaving? The microbiome and ME/CFS

Bugs are not all bad, in fact many in our gut are essential to good health, but problems with these could help explain some diseases, possibly even ME/CFS. Simon McGrath takes an introductory look at the Microbiome – an area that is fast becoming a focus for several research teams looking at our own illness… The microbiome – the bugs

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