Jackson Laboratory ME/CFS Center Starts Blog to Connect with Patients

In 2017, the NIH announced their funding of The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) for a Collaborative Research Center (CRC) grant for studying ME/CFS. Derya Unutmaz, MD, an immunologist whose research focuses on understanding how the human immune system functions and is perturbed during chronic disease, is the Program Director for the project. Associate Director is Julia Oh, PhD, who studies the impact of the human microbiome on health and disease.
The main goal of the JAX CRC project is to understand how the immune system, microbiome, and metabolome are connected and disrupted in ME/CFS, and to discover the biological basis of this chronic disease. We are hopeful that the knowledge gained from these studies will help to develop molecular markers for the diagnosis of ME/CFS, and the development of new treatments based on these new targets discovered.
I am the Program Manager and Patient Advocacy and Outreach specialist for the JAX Center. To engage and enhance our interaction with the ME/CFS patient and advocacy community, Derya and I have recently started a blog at jaxmecfs.com, with the goal of chronicling the research at the JAX CRC for ME/CFS, as well as the ongoing research around the world. We post interviews with researchers and advocates that we collaborate with, and we have educational posts about the scientific methods being used in our project. We also intend to provide links and information on the progress being made by our Center and other researchers in the ME/CFS community.
We hope that this blog will give us the important opportunity to engage with the ME/CFS community and receive feedback from patients and advocacy groups about our efforts to find solutions for this disease.

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2 thoughts on “Jackson Laboratory ME/CFS Center Starts Blog to Connect with Patients”

  1. We need help. My fight has been long. With ups and downs along the way. And where I live I’ve not found anyone dr. That has any interest in helping. The closest Dr. Is 8 hr. Away . I did that for 4.5 yrs . Been struggling most of my life but but tried to ignore it until a hernia operation in 1993.major issues ever since. I’m interested in the vaganerve theory.Tryptophan does the opposite with me . It gives me energy. I wonder if it is a clue.

  2. Thank you, Ms. Gunter and Dr. Unutmaz, for starting this blog and for all your center’s work to determine the biological cause of ME. Here’s to hoping you find those key biomarkers.

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