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  1. Phoenix Rising Articles

    Article What It Is To Be Human: Holobionts and the Microbiology of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

    What It Is To Be Human: Holobionts and the Microbiology of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Dr. Amy Proal, of the PolyBio Research Foundation, explains how a human body is so much more than just a collection of human cells. Images courtesy of Dr. Amy Proal. By Bronc Dr. Amy Proal, of the PolyBio...
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    Pathogens Hijack Host Cell Metabolism: Intracellular Infection as a Driver of the Warburg Effect in Cancer and Other Chronic Inflammatory Conditions

    Has anyone looked at this paper yet? I don't see ME/CFS mentioned in the abstract but Amy does mention that it does apply to ME/CFS in the link on her Twitter account. https://ij.hapres.com/htmls/IJ_1341_Detail.html Amy D. Proal 1, Michael B. VanElzakker Last, we examine further trends...
  3. Shanti1

    Amy Proal - Interview with Dr. Resia Pretorius: LongCovid microclots and Hypercoagulation

    Dr. Resia Pretorius is both the Department Head and a Research Professor in the Physiological Sciences Department, Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Her team has used super-resolution and electron microscopy, together with several other methods to identify microclots...
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    Amy Proal Interview with Dr. Kim Lewis: persister cells and pulsed antibiotics in Lyme disease

  5. Shanti1

    PolyBio Podcast - Amy Proal Interview with Dr. David Putrino: Treatment/research at Mt. Sinai's Long-Covid Clinic.

  6. Shanti1

    Dr. John Chia talks about chronic enterovirus infection in ME/CFS - Interview by Amy Proal

    This is part of Polybio's new PodCast posted about by @Pyrrhus earlier this month.
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    • amy proal dr. john chia talks about chronic enterovirus infection in me/cfs enterovirus john chia polybio
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    • Forum: Latest ME/CFS Research
  7. Pyrrhus

    Long COVID or Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC): An Overview of Biological Factors That May Contribute to Persistent Symptoms (PolyBio, 2021)

    I thought this recent paper probably deserved its own discussion thread... Long COVID or Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC): An Overview of Biological Factors That May Contribute to Persistent Symptoms (Proal and VanElzakker, 2021)...
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    • amy proal https://forums.phoenixrising.me/attachments/researchpapers1-jpg.43870/ long covid michael van elzakker polybio
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    • Forum: Long COVID and Coronavirus