A charity investing in ME research
ME Research UK is a charity with the primary aim of funding high-quality biomedical research into the causes, consequences and…
German ME/CFS research, NAKO and EpiPAIS
In November 2026 the German Ministry of Research, Technology and Space announced a National Decade Against Post-Infectious Diseases and pledged…
Fundraising Focus – March 2026
Each month, Fundraising Focus is our way of saying thank you and celebrate the people behind the fundraising.
USA’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases announce a new focus
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), is one of the 27 institutes and centres which comprise the…
International Women’s Day 2026
Key points Introduction International Women’s Day (IWD) is both a call to accelerate progress toward gender equality and a moment…
“For many living with severe ME, every day is an endurance event.”
When Joe Welton secured a ballot place for the London Marathon, it felt personal.
Muscle weakness in severe ME/CFS: Sodium-potassium pump hypothesis
Article overview: A recent paper proposed that muscle weakness in severe ME/CFS may be driven by dysfunction of the sodium-potassium…
Subtypes of post-exertional malaise
Post-exertional malaise (PEM), often referred to as the cardinal symptom of ME/CFS, is defined by the 2021 NICE guideline for the diagnosis and management of the disease, as: …
Could diagnostic history act as an indicator for ME/CFS?
Currently, there is no validated diagnostic biomarker for ME/CFS, and the disease is diagnosed based on clinical criteria such as the 2021 NICE guidelines, or the Canadian Consensus…
The closure of long COVID clinics
In early 2025, a report from Long Covid Support & Long Covid Kids revealed that specialist Long Covid services across…
ME Research UK – e-newsletter February 2026
ME Research-UK funded study – ME/CFS antibodies disrupt mitochondria in healthy cells Prof. Bhupesh Prusty and his team have recently…
