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October 16, 2025

A recent study identified epigenetic changes in immune cells that may help explain biological differences in people with ME/CFS. The findings point to potential biomarkers and underscore the need for additional research....

October 15, 2025

We’re excited to share that a graduate student within the Center, Anne Gardella, has been featured in Discover Magazine for her recent publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on cell-free RNA biomarkers for ME/CFS....

April 30, 2024

Maureen Hanson, Center Director, and journalist Hillary Johnson co-authored an op-ed in The Hill. The op-ed highlights the need to fund research into chronic...

August 16, 2021

Published on August 12, 2021, Maureen Hanson wrote an editorial in Frontiers Science News that highlights the enterovirus theory of ME/CFS. Particularly, Hanson...

December 3, 2019

A Norwegian blog, The Hidden, published a summary of our NIH funded research center efforts. The blog is by physical therapist and journalist Jørgen Jelstad. He covers...

May 30, 2018

The Solve ME/CFS Initiative's (SMCI) Spring 2018 Solve ME/CFS Chronicle contains an article highlighting Dr. Marueen Hanson and the NIH-funded Cornell ME/CFS...

February 23, 2018

On January 22, 2018, PeerJ published "Eukaryotes in the gut microbiota in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome". The publication is work done by Center...

September 27, 2017

In 2017, Cornell received nearly $9.4 million from the National Institutes of Health to establish a collaborative research center focused on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic...

October 20, 2016

A devastating illness that needs a better name Originally published by Garnet News, October 19, 2016 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is an illness that many may have...

October 19, 2016

Millions Are Missing: Will the World Finally Notice? By Maureen Hanson Huffington Post, September 30, 2016 This week, demonstrations occurred in 25...

October 18, 2016

By Maureen Hanson Huffington Post, May 20, 2016 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or CFS, is an innocuous name given to a debilitating disease. Its seriousness...

October 17, 2016

By Maureen Hanson The Hill, May 11, 2016 An analysis by Johns Hopkins researchers claims that a third of all deaths in the United States annually are due...