shocking article about ME/CFS in Guardian published

A shocking article about the biggest medical scandal was written by George Monbiot, a columnist for the Guardian. He wrote about the decades-long mistreatment of ME/CFS patients. People with this devastating disease were told they were work-shy and that their symptoms were imaginary. Graded Exercise Therapy (GET) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) became the official…

lab closed for holiday

Please note that our laboratory will be closed for an extended weekend due to the public holiday on 09.05.2024! Please only send samples that reach our laboratory by Wednesday, 08.05.24. Samples will not be accepted at the weekend. From 13.05.24 we will be there for you again as usual.

CellTrend receives new patent

In 2018, James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of a tumor therapy through negative immune regulation. Here, the binding between PD1 (Programmed cell death protein 1) and PD-L1 (Programmed cell death protein 1 ligand) is inhibited. CellTrend has discovered autoantibodies against PD1 and PD-L1 in tumor…

New study about severity of Long-COVID symptoms and their correlation with the increased level of autoantibodies was published

A new study about severity of neurological Long-COVID symptoms and their correlation with the increased level of autoantibodies was published. In Table 1 you can have a look at the 200 individuals which were recruited and put into 3 groups. One group with 72 patients were diagnosed with Long-COVID, second group with 58 patients had…

Christmas holidays

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2024!   Please note that our laboratory will be closed from 23.12.23 until 01.01.2024 due to the Christmas holidays. During this period, patient samples will not be accepted! The last diagnostics of the patient samples will take place on 14.12.2023!   From 02.01.2024 we…