ABC News (USA) - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Is Real , Abnormal Protein Folding?

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The protein folding clue is interesting, in that I believe

Huntingtons Disease has similar characterisics. Could CFS be a

polyglutamine disorder? I have always thought of this possbility.

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FRIDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) — Its origins have long remained

unclear, but chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) may be a legitimate

neurological condition, according to findings from a new

international study.

The study found that patients with CFS have a set of proteins in

their spinal cord fluid that aren't present in healthy people. These

proteins may provide more information about the causes of CFS and

could possibly be used as markers to identify people with the

condition.

Reporting Friday in the journal BMC Neurology, the researchers

identified 16 proteins that can be found in the spinal fluid of

people with CFS, but not in healthy people. Five of those proteins

were found in all CFS patients studied.

Many of the proteins found in CFS patients are involved in protein

folding and in various neurological syndromes, the team of American

and Italian researchers added.

" This is the first predictive model of chronic fatigue to be based

only on objective data, " according to the researchers, who were led

by Baraniuk and Begona Casado of town University.

" Given the controversy over whether CFS and its allied syndromes are

legitimate medical conditions, our model provides initial objective

evidence for the legitimacy of CSF as a distinct neurological

disease, " they said.

More information

The U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases has more about

chronic fatigue syndrome