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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums In this three part series we looked at the Light’s exciting work on ME/CFS. First – we looked at the Light’s attempt to validate their gene expression findings, then we examined what they believe may be ground zero for CFS, and finally we brought their findings together with a theory

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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums You can watch the full presentation by clicking on the following link: https://imedia.unr.edu/unsom/whittemore_peterson_institute/dr_ian_lipkin.html

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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums The CFS State of the Knowledge Workshop has not yielded any new money for CFS….the NIH is cutting back…and bureacrats are talking 2012 or 13 at the earliest. And then there is Vivint….giving away $250,000 on the basis of Facebook votes… CFS researchers are like parched travelers crawling across the

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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums The CFS State of the Knowledge Workshop has not yielded any new money for CFS….the NIH is cutting back…and bureaucrats are talking 2012 or 13 at the earliest for any more help. CFS researchers are like parched travelers crawling across the desert…they just want a little water to drink…they have

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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums The Phoenix Rising Forums Could Use Your Help! Moderating is an essential component of maintaining an environment for passionate, productive conversations on the Forums. The number of moderators at PR has run low of late, putting strain on the moderators present and taking its toll on the community as well,

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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums The Forums are a major part of Phoenix Rising. In recognition of this we have allotted a permanent space on the Phoenix Rising Board of Directors to be filled by a Forum member. Depending on how many nominations come in we will hold a vote; and the top three nominees

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Posted by Cort Johnson New Article https://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2011/05/31/science.1208542.full.pdf In the Expression of Concern chief editor of the Science Journal stated that two new articles appearing in their journal ‘strongly support the growing view that the association between XMRV and CFS……likely reflects the contamination and research reagents with the virus” One of the papers will provide evidence suggesting that XMRV is derived

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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums The Vivint Facebook Contest gives us another opportunity to win our research starved field some money. Vivint is spreading $1,250,000 around US and Canadian non-profits this summer. The WPI entered the contest late but has a great chance of winning a substantial amount of money. Key Facts Facebook contest Two

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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums The Chase Community Giving Contest is almost like a pot that never stops giving. Round II of the Chase Contest is over but believe it or not there is still one opportunity left and still plenty of money left in Chase’s pot. Chase is now looking for a worthy cause

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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Rivka has helped to organize protests in Atlanta and Washington DC and now here she and others did so in San Francisco. This protest in front of a DHHS building triggered an article in the San Francisco Chronicle titled ‘Chronic fatigue patients protest lack of funding’ . Dr. Montoya was

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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums This is the last day of the Chase contest and the WPI has slipped out of the top ten. Don’t give up hope! The swings in the last two days can be huge and a similar thing happened to PANDORA last year and in the last hours they rebounded. The

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Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums The CFIDS Association of America has opened a new ME/CFS Research Information Center….whoops it’s actually still a “CFS” (c’mon you guys! :)) site called Research1st that will be a ‘one-stop shop’ for information on the latest research news. Let’s take a look at it. Research Initiatives – The Current Research

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