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Blog PostApril 03, 20245 Things: Diseases that are understudied and/or Stigmatized
Examining five diseases and conditions that are underfunded, understudied, and/or wrongly stigmatized that JAX is working to better understand. -
Search MagazineFebruary 26, 2019Solving the mystery of chronic fatigue syndrome
A collaborative JAX research center led by Derya Unutmaz is diving deep into the biology of ME/CFS patients to find a root cause of the disease, which may lie in their own immune systems. -
Search MagazineJune 11, 2018Empowering medicine: team science
More than 140 current research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are for multi-institutional projects that are either led by or feature JAX researchers. -
Press ReleaseJune 02, 2016$3.3 million federal grant to fund JAX chronic fatigue syndrome research
Derya Unutmaz, M.D., will receive five years of funding totaling $3,281,515 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to find better ways to diagnose and treat myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).
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Search MagazineMarch 05, 2019Perspective: Life on the front line of ME/CFS research
We interviewed Courtney Gunter, program manager for the JAX ME/CFS research center, to get her perspective on this mysterious disease and the ME/CFS community. -
Featured ArticleJune 20, 2018Decoding chronic illness
JAX Professor Derya Unutmaz, M.D., speaks about his work searching for new effective treatments for chronic illnesses like myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). -
Press ReleaseSeptember 28, 2017NIH awards $10.6M research center grant to JAX for study of chronic fatigue syndrome
Grant to JAX Professor Derya Unutmaz, M.D., part of multi-institutional research effort to understand and treat Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -
Search MagazineMarch 14, 2016Sick and tired: The plight of an aging immune system
JAX professor Derya Unutmaz, a renowned expert in HIV, launches a bold initiative to examine how immune system aging contributes to chronic diseases.