ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 10/06/20261) 🇧🇪 Researchers from Leuven and Hasselt university published a protocol for an extensive ME/CFS study. It includes cytokine measurements, MRI and PET scans, gut microbiome analysis, and salivary cortisol following a stress test. 5285
ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 10/06/20262) Leuven's clinical centre takes a biopsychosocial approach to ME/CFS. Patients will be tested before and after a cognitive-behavioral rehabilitation treatment, delivered as part of routine clinical care. The goal is to test 115 ME/CFS patients and 55 controls. 160
ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 10/06/20263) Cytokines (including TGF-beta) and short-chain fatty acids will be measured in serum. Gut microbiome will be tested in a frozen stool sample and analysed by the Raes lab at the Center for Microbiology. 170