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https://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2025/release/long-covid-could-hold-key-to-me-cfs-ms>
"Long COVID could provide vital clues to uncover the cause of other
life-limiting post-viral infections such as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome and Multiple Sclerosis at a new research centre to be
established at La Trobe University.
The Post-Acute Viral Infection diseases Group (PAVING) Centre of Research
Excellence will be launched with $3 million in Federal funding from the
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science (LIMS) Deputy Director Distinguished
Professor Stephanie Gras will lead a team of collaborators from universities
across Australia to research the mechanisms behind post-viral diseases and pave
the way to therapeutics development.
Up to one in 10 Australians who have had a COVID-19 infection now live with a
form of Long COVID. Another 250,000 Australians are living with Myalgic
Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS).
Professor Gras said researchers hoped to use Long COVID as a starting point to
understand the mechanism of post-viral illnesses.
People with lived experience of Long COVID, Multiple Sclerosis and ME/CFS have
joined the team of researchers and clinicians to increase knowledge of
similarities and differences between the conditions.
Professor Gras said those who lived with Long COVID had often recorded vast
amounts of data unavailable with other viruses, including their infection date,
symptoms, vaccination history and previous treatments.
“Because the symptoms are similar between multiple post-viral infection
diseases, there’s a good chance that some mechanisms are also shared. What we
learn with Long COVID should be transferable to other diseases.”"
Via Violet Blue’s
Threat Model - Covid: September 4, 2025
https://www.patreon.com/posts/covid-september-138093061
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
