The complete Ministerial response from the Parliamentary debate on M.E. treatment and research in Westminster Hall | 22 June 2018
A full transcript of the Ministerial response to the three-hour landmark debate on M.E. in Parliament.
Research News
ME Association May Summary of ME/CFS Published Research | 07 June 2018
ME Association May Summary of ME/CFS Published Research | 07 June 2018 Read More »
The latest ME research abstracts for the month of May, and a newly updated research index.
2018 CMRC Research Conference: Register Now for ME/CFS Bristol Conference | 25 May 2018
2018 CMRC Research Conference: Register Now for ME/CFS Bristol Conference | 25 May 2018 Read More »
The CMRC Research Conference is a fantastic opportunity for researchers and patients to network and to hear more about M.E. research developments.
ME Association Ramsay Research Fund invests in new study with ME/CFS Biobank to examine dysfunctional immune system and energy metabolism | 15 May 2018
New research that will examine both immune system dysfunction in M.E. and defects in the way that energy is being produced at a cellular level.
ME Association March Summary of ME/CFS Published Research | 09 April 2018
ME Association March Summary of ME/CFS Published Research | 09 April 2018 Read More »
The monthly summary of ME/CFS research publications for March 2018.
The GETSET Trial: Letters to The Lancet and a response from the authors | 26 March 2018
The GETSET Trial: Letters to The Lancet and a response from the authors | 26 March 2018 Read More »
A total of five letters have now appeared in the Lancet critiquing elements of the GETSET trial, and the authors have now issued a response to all of them.
MEA Summary Review: Elevated BNP levels in ME/CFS associate with cardiac dysfunction | 14 February 2018
A recent study from a research group at Newcastle University has found that patients with ME/CFS have significantly higher levels of a hormone called BNP in their blood and that this also correlated with significantly lower cardiac volumes.
Nature News Feature: A reboot for chronic fatigue syndrome research | 04 January 2018
Nature News Feature: A reboot for chronic fatigue syndrome research | 04 January 2018 Read More »
This is an excellent feature article that focuses on the developing research situation in America, but also includes items relevant to the situation here in the UK.
We hear from Cara Tomas about her recent study on cellular bioenergetic deficiencies in ME/CFS | 13 November 2017
Cara Tomas is a PhD student working with Professor Julia Newton at the Institute of Cellular Medicine, and her research was featured in the New Scientist last week.
MEA Summary Review: Rethinking Childhood Adversity in ME/CFS | 30 October 2017
MEA Summary Review: Rethinking Childhood Adversity in ME/CFS | 30 October 2017 Read More »
We recently posted the conclusion of a new study
MEA Summary Review: Grey and white matter differences in chronic fatigue syndrome | 19 October 2017
A recent study reported differences in brain structure in
MEA Review: The SMILE trial – a lesson in how not to conduct clinical trials in people with ME/CFS | 12 October 2017
The SMILE trial was an attempt to determine the efficacy
Breaking News! UK ME/CFS Biobank team receives largest ever grant to continue biomedical research project | 03 October 2017
By Russell Fleming, ME Association. ME Association trustees and
The SMILE trial is published – with press release, science media centre ‘expert reactions’, and media coverage | 21 September 2017
Note: This blog has been updated at 08.22 on
ME Association Statement: Lightning Process and SMILE trial in young people with ME/CFS | 19 September 2017
The ME Association has spoken out robustly and campaigned
MEA Review: To the heart of the issue – new study on two-day CPET in M.E. and MS | 29 August 2017
Published in Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, 07 August
Stanford symposium to highlight new ME/CFS research | 07 August 2017
Stanford symposium to highlight new ME/CFS research | 07 August 2017 Read More »
From Palo Alto Online, 05 August 2017. A community symposium
Stanford researchers identify biomarkers associated with chronic fatigue syndrome severity | 31 July 2017
The following is a press release from Stanford Medicine that
ME Association provide new research grant to Dr Keith Geraghty to examine two controversial ME/CFS treatments recommended by NICE | 13 July 2017
ME Association trustees have approved a new research grant that