What research is currently going on?
There is a great deal of research going on, regarding the possible cause of CFS, many of its symptom mechanisms, possible biological markers, treatments, and epidemiology. Dr. Mark Demitrack (U. Michigan) and Dr. Stephen Straus (NIH) and others are studying the dysfunction of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis as being a possible major explanation for CFS. Prof. Robert Suhadolnik (Temple U., Philadelphia) is exploring a possible bio-marker for CFS found in patients’ blood. Drs. Hugh Dunstan and Timothy Roberts (U. Newcastle, Australia) are researching a possible biological marker found in urine. Dr. Peter Rowe (Johns Hopkins) is studying the possible link between CFS and neurally mediated hypotension. Dr. Anthony Komaroff (Harvard) and Dr. Dharam Ablashi (Georgetown) are researching the possible roles of HHV-6 and EBV (to decipher these abbreviations, see Appendix 3). Drs. Andrew Lloyd, Ian Hickie, Denis Wakefield and Andrew Wilson (Sydney, Australia) aremaking broad investigation
There is a great deal of research going on, regarding the possible cause of CFS, many of its symptom mechanisms, possible biological markers, treatments, and epidemiology. Dr. Mark Demitrack (U. Michigan) and Dr. Stephen Straus (NIH) and others are studying the dysfunction of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis as being a possible major explanation for CFS. Dr. Peter Rowe (Johns Hopkins) is studying the possible link between CFS and neurally mediated hypotension. Dr. Anthony Komaroff (Harvard) and Dr. Dharam Ablashi (Georgetown) are researching the possible roles of HHV-6 and EBV (to decipher these abbreviations, see Appendix 3). Dr. W. John Martin (U. So. Calif.) is studying the “Stealth” virus. Dr. Michael Holmes (U. Otago) is researching another mysterious, virus-like particle. Drs. Nancy Klimas, Roberto Patarca (of U. Miami) and Jay Levy (UCSF) are investigating immunological abnormalities. Drs. Hugh Dunstan and Timothy Roberts (U. Newcastle) are researching a possible biologic
