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The UK's MRC (Medical Research Council) (This is the UK's main government funding body for medical research) have announced 1.5m research funding, into the 'causes' of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME).
http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Newspublications/News/MRC007675?dm_i=1HO,CPZZ,31ES1,107F4,1
And here's a statement from Action for ME:
http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Newspublications/News/MRC007675?dm_i=1HO,CPZZ,31ES1,107F4,1
MRC invests 1.5m to encourage further CFS/ME research
Thursday 27 January, 2010
The Medical Research Council (MRC) is committing 1.5m for research into the causes of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME). The aim is to promote new and innovative partnerships between researchers already working in the CFS/ME field and those in associated areas, such as pain and fatigue. The aim is also to encourage and support more high-quality CFS/ME research proposals.
CFS/ME is a complex and debilitating condition with a diverse range of symptoms. Profound physical and mental fatigue is the most well-known, while others include pain, disturbed sleep patterns and concentration and memory problems. Each patient experiences their own personal combination of symptoms. CFS/ME affects around 250,000 people in the UK.
The funding call will focus on one or more of six priority areas identified by the MRC’s CFS/ME Expert Group in consultation with research leaders in related areas and representatives of two major CFS/ME charities:
• Autonomic dysfunction (malfunction of the nervous system)
• Cognitive symptoms
• Fatigue
• Immune dysregulation (e.g. through viral infection)
• Pain
• Sleep disorders
Full details of the funding call will be published here by mid-February 2011 following consultation with the MRC CFS/ME Expert Group: http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Ourresearch/ResearchInitiatives/CFSME/index.htm#P60_3922. The deadline for submitting proposals will be around June 2011, to allow time for new partners to discuss and develop their research ideas.
http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Newspublications/News/MRC007675?dm_i=1HO,CPZZ,31ES1,107F4,1
And here's a statement from Action for ME:
MRC announces 1.5m research funding
The Medical Research Council (MRC) has announced 1.5m funding “for research into the causes of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/M.E.).”
A call for research proposals, expected February, will focus on priority areas identified by their CFS/M.E. Expert Group: malfunction of the nervous system, cognitive symptoms, fatigue, immune dysregulation (eg. through viral infection), pain and sleep disorders. Deadline for research proposals: around June 2011. Sir Peter Spencer welcomed the news.