New Blood Test For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Has 91% Accuracy (ScienceAlert) [View all]

Health
11 September 2023
By Clare Watson

It can take years for people living with chronic fatigue syndrome to receive a formal diagnosis, and they are a favored few. Experts suggest up to 91 percent of people in the US remain undiagnosed, living without medical support for a condition that robs them of energy, brain-power, and a care-free life.

But those statistics could in time improve, if a newly developed diagnostic test stands up to scrutiny.

A team of scientists led by the University of Oxford has just published their preliminary results of a blood cell-based test that can distinguish between unaffected individuals and those with chronic fatigue syndrome (also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis or ME/CFS) with 91 percent accuracy.
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The blood test differentiates between the properties of a type of blood cell called peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in people with and without ME/CFS, using a technique called Raman spectroscopy and an artificial intelligence (AI) tool.
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