ME Research UK funds high-quality scientific (biomedical) studies into the causes, consequences and treatment of ME/CFS. ME Research UK-funded research suggests that in excess of 400,000 have ME/CFS yet this debilitating disease is neither well understood nor, in many cases, properly recognised.
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People with ME/CFS experience higher levels of functional impairment and lower levels of wellbeing, compared with conditions including depression, cancer and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Despite this, the research spend per patient for ME/CFS between 2006 and 2015 was just £40 compared with £320 for those with RA and £800 for those with MS. With over 400,000 sufferers in UK alone - research is a priority and ME Research UK acts to fund the research so desperately needed.
ME Research UK has invested over £5m in ME research globally since 2000. Presently, ME Research UK has 16 ongoing studies, including 6 newly funded projects and 3 PhD-level research projects, and these represent more than £2 million currently invested in ME/CFS research globally. More high quality research is needed and with Big Give Christmas Challenge support - we will help meet this need.
