Plugging a stream of very important post-flu research by the laboratory of Distinguished Prof. Stephanie Gras @GrasLab
D/Prof. Gras is Director of NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence PAVING that studies Long COVID, ME/CFS and other specific viral illness cre-paving.org/
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Damnit. Thanks for helping me check that. My hunch was right. How frustrating.
Little after hours lab update.
This is a photo of something like a billion platelets isolated from the blood of a person with ME/CFS
We have been recruiting heavily and doing many home visit collections
Excited to get some data from these precious samples. Thanks for donating!
Our most recent paper has now been fully published, showing accumulated lipids and abnormal enzyme activities in B cell derived cell lines from people w/ ME/CFS.
Next is to test this in B cell populations from blood and test for assoc. w/ immune function
link.springer.com/article/10…
Mandatory viewing for all medical researchers!!!
youtube.com/watch?v=S3SScaC0…
Co-designed with patients, this work requires only short-form surveys and a blood draw.
If you have accessibility requirements that prevent the link and documents from being usable for you, just reach out to me and we'll see what we can do.
Email: [email protected]
Final session of #LongCOVID2025 workshop day underway (including ME/CFS studies too!).
Tomorrow is the conference day open to free registration to the public - but do you folks want me to do some twitter coverage too?