Scientists call for research hubs to solve mystery of ME
Ministers have been urged to end decades of underfunding in ME by investing in research hubs to work on finding a cure.
Academics and doctors from around the UK say they want to work together to find new treatments, including existing drugs used for other purposes, but need government funding to do so.
They have joined forces with health charities to propose a 'national research platform' for ME, which would co-ordinate medical research from five hubs based at universities or hospitals.
Each team would have a different focus, such as research into causes, running clinical trials of new drugs, diagnosis and improving hospital care of patients bedbound with severe ME.
ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis), also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), affects about 400,000 people in
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