ZitatME/CFS Science @mecfsskeptichttps://x.com/mecfsskeptic/status/2022622842928689658
1) 🧵Been looking at cytokines; small signalling molecules of the immune system.
Conclusion: lots of ME/CFS studies on this but inconsistent results. There doesn't seem to be an inflammatory cytokine response (in the blood).
Most consistently elevated cytokine was TGF-beta.
ZitatCytokines, by definition, are small, secreted proteins that are released by cells and play an important role in cellular signalling. They are especially important in inflammation and mediating the immune response and evidence exists for cytokines playing a role in chronic pain [18]. They can be further subcategorised into pro-inflammatory (e.g. IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α) and anti-inflammatory (e.g. IL-4, IL-10, TGF-β) types, and via their opposing mechanisms, moderate the immune response. Additionally, chemokines (chemotactic cytokines) and interleukins (IL; lymphocyte-to-lymphocyte cytokines) are two important classes of cytokines that play a central role in the cytokine network as mediators of the immune response [18].
ZitatStephen Colbert wirft Sender CBS Zensur vor – auf CBShttps://www.spiegel.de/kultur/tv/stephen-colbert-wirft-sender-cbs-zensur-vor-auf-cbs-a-fcf83679-c693-4e09-b814-a918cc602615
Verweigert CBS die Ausstrahlung eines Interviews mit einem demokratischen Politiker? Stephen Colbert erhebt in seiner Show schwere Vorwürfe gegen seinen Haussender. Einen Weg, das Interview zu zeigen, findet er trotzdem.
ZitatHirnthrombosen nach bestimmten Coronaimpfungen [J&J, AstraZeneca] kamen sehr selten vor, sorgten in der Pandemie aber für Unsicherheit. Nun hat ein internationales Forscherteam aufgeklärt, wie die Nebenwirkung entsteht. Die Ergebnisse könnten dazu dienen, in Zukunft sicherere Impfstoffe zu entwickeln, schreiben Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler im »New England Journal of Medicine«.https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/medizin/corona-impfungen-wie-bestimmte-produkten-zu-hirnthrombosen-fuehrten-a-f04cba92-8b17-40ff-82d4-49ad4e3d0007
ZitatDie ukrainische Armee hat laut einer Datenauswertung zwischen Mittwoch und Sonntag 201 Quadratkilometer eigenes Staatsgebiet von der russischen Armee zurückerobert. Nach Angaben des Institute for the Study of War (ISW) haben Kyjiws Streitkräfte seit einer Gegenoffensive im Juni 2023 nicht mehr so viel Gebiet in so kurzer Zeit zurückgewonnen. Die jüngst eroberte Fläche entspricht demnach fast den russischen Eroberungen des gesamten Monats Dezember (244 Quadratkilometer).
Zitat von: Urs Reggeli am 16. Februar 2026, 17:00:49keine Indizien), hoffe
ZitatThe Hollywood actress-turned-wellness guru, 53, has revealed she turned to a therapy called therapeutic plasma exchange to cleanse her blood of toxins such as microplastics and mould - and the Iron Man star felt "amazing" afterwards.https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/gwyneth-paltrow-felt-amazing-after-blood-filtering-treatment-1437562.html
According to the Daily Mail newspaper's Richard Eden in his Eden Confidential column, she said: "I'd been going through lots of health stuff with that kind of ambiguous chronic stuff that medicine normally has a harder time dealing with: chronic fatigue, brain fog.
"I was so interested in this idea that we could filter out things in our blood that were making us more sick.'"
She added: "'I felt amazing after. I felt this immediate unburdening and clarity and lightness."
The publication reports Gwyneth underwent five sessions of the treatment at a clinic in Chicago, Illinois with the final cost totalling around £36,500.
Gwyneth - who shares a lot of wellness advice through her Goop website - previously admitted she's always keen to try new treatments even if critics can "get really reactive" over her choices.