{"id":240849,"date":"2026-07-14T16:11:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/in-a-first-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-linked-to-the-brains-clearing-system"},"modified":"2026-07-14T16:11:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:11:53","slug":"in-a-first-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-linked-to-the-brains-clearing-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/in-a-first-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-linked-to-the-brains-clearing-system","title":{"rendered":"In a First, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Linked to The Brain\u2019s Clearing System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/in-a-first-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-linked-to-the-brains-clearing-system2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our understanding of the human brain is experiencing a watershed moment.<\/p>\n<p>The sewerage gates are open.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, scientists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/scientists-mapped-the-human-brains-sewage-system-for-the-first-time\">discovered<\/a> the first direct evidence of an internal \u2018waste disposal system\u2019 hidden deep within the human brain and spinal cord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our understanding of the human brain is experiencing a watershed moment. The sewerage gates are open. In 2024, scientists discovered the first direct evidence of an internal \u2018waste disposal system\u2019 hidden deep within the human brain and spinal cord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}