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We need to fund more biomedical research into M.E. We have a proud record of supporting M.E.researchers but our ability to continue to do so fell away dramatically during the pandemic when our research income was reduced to a trickle.
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Situation
Millions of pounds of funding are being put into Long Covid research but no new money is being put into research on ME/CFS – although in many respects the post-viral fatigue common to both looks much alike. People with ME/CFS feel their illness has been neglected for years and their views on research priorities have been ignored. Today's bias in favour of Long Covid research makes people with M.E feel like the poor relations living on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall.
Solution
We need to attract high-quality research applications and have ME/CFS included in Long Covid research studies, which are already exploring therapeutic overlaps with ME/CFS. Money invested in studies we support could be given on the understanding that researchers use their results to apply for larger grants from the Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health Research.
