http://tnq-support-group.net/ME_News.html Myalgic Encephalomyelitis is a potentially severe, disabling and chronic condition affecting the immune system, the central nervous system, the cardiovascular system, the endocrinological system and muscoskeletal system. en-au http://tnq-support-group.net/disclaimer.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:00 gmt Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:00 gmt peter_ac@bigpond.net.au support@tnq-support-group.net http://tnq-support-group.net/images/ulys3.jpg http://tnq-support-group.net/ME_News.html Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Support and Help in Tropical North Queensland http://tnq-support-group.net/Linking_Epstein-Barr_Virus_To_Multiple Sclerosis.html In the brain lesions of patients with multiple sclerosis, Francesca Aloisi, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome and her team found abnormal accumulation of EBV infected B lymphocytes. Similar findings were made in the pathological tissues of patients with other autoimmune diseases. Thu, 17 Sept 2009 09:00 gmt Myalgic Encephalomyelitis http://tnq-support-group.net/bacterium_Bartonella_species_another_ME_suspect.html The blood samples Breitschwerdt and Maggi tested came from previously healthy women who were suffering from symptoms including muscle fatigue and weakness. One of the patients had been diagnosed with pericarditis, an inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart. B. melophagi was present in blood samples from both women; Bartonella henselae, a strain of the bacterium which has been associated with human neurological illnesses and fatigue, was isolated from one of the samples. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:00 gmt Myalgic Encephalomyelitis http://tnq-support-group.net/Norway_Establishes_ME_Centre.html The centre was opened on Thursday 11th December - two years after the Norwegian Knowledge Centre stated in a report that the health services for ME patients were insufficient due to the low knowledge level of staff in Norway. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:00 gmt Myalgic Encephalomyelitis http://tnq-support-group.net/New_RNA_Processing_Mechanism_And_New_Class_Of_Small_RNAs.html tRNA molecules are part of the construction crew that builds proteins; they carry amino acids--the building blocks of proteins-- to protein chains as they are being assembled. But the CSHL team's results suggest that mascRNA, which is smaller than most tRNAs, does not likely perform this function. Yet mascRNA's location in the cell's cytoplasm and its pathway of biogenesis does hint at a possible function. Mon, 04 Jan 2009 09:00 gmt Myalgic Encephalomyelitis http://tnq-support-group.net/Circadian_Clock_and_Learning.html All mammal brains function according to the balance between neurochemicals that excite the brain and those that calm it. The circadian clock controls the daily cycle of sleep and wakefulness by inhibiting different parts of the brain by releasing GABA. Mon, 03 Jan 2009 09:00 gmt Circadian Clock http://tnq-support-group.net/Link_Found_Between_Immune_And_Nerve_Systems.html This is the first time that a genetic approach has been used to demonstrate that specific neurons in the nervous system are capable of regulating immune response in distant cells Mon, 02 Jan 2009 09:00 gmt Immune System http://tnq-support-group.net/Alternative_Medicines.html More than a third of patients with long-term fatigue conditions like Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) believe complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) are more effective than traditional medicine in treating their illness Mon, 01 Jan 2009 09:00 gmt Alternative_Medicines