Scale of How Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Affects Patients' Blood Shown for First Time

Scale of how chronic fatigue syndrome affects patients' blood shown for first time

People with ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome) have significant differences in their blood compared with healthy individuals, a new study reveals, suggesting a path toward more reliable diagnosis of the long-term debilitating illness. The paper is published in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine.

The Times: Simple blood test could provide first reliable diagnosis for ME - The ME Association

The Times reports on a research paper published on the […]

Scale of how ME/CFS affects blood revealed

Scale of how ME/CFS affects blood revealed gatkinso Fri, 20/06/2025 - 09:31 People with ME/CFS have significant differences in their blood compared with healthy individuals, a new study reveals, suggesting a path towards more reliable diagnosis of the long-term debilitating illness. The largest ever biological study of ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome) has identified consistent blood differences associated with chronic…

expert reaction to observational study of blood biomarkers in ME/CFS patients

An observational study published in EMBO Molecular Medicine looks at blood biomarkers in ME/CFS patients.    Prof Alan J Carson, Professor in Neuropsychiatry, University of Edinburgh and Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, said: “This press release overstates the significance of the findings. The authors look at a vast array of data without any priori hypothesis, or data plan that was pre-registered, and they essentially loo…