UK to launch world's largest genetic study into chronic fatigue syndrome
by Haroon Siddique from Science | The Guardian on (#54X7B)
Research aims to shine a light on condition that is believed to affect 250,000 people in UK
The world's largest genetic study into chronic fatigue syndrome is to be launched in the UK after receiving 3.2m of funding from the Medical Research Council and National Institute for Health Research.
The research aims to shine a light on the debilitating long-term condition, about which little is known, by collecting DNA samples from 20,000 people who have CFS, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).
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