Tag Archives: Prof Jonathan Edwards

Responses in BMJ to Prof Sharpe on PACE trial

 Pressure grows on Lancet to review “flawed” PACE trial On 22 August Ingrid Torjesen  wrote a news item in the British Medical Journal about an article in the Times which highlighted the call to review the results of the PACE trial into … Continue reading

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Trial By Error: Professor Edwards’ letter to MRC’s Fiona Watt

Virology blog post, by David Tuller, DrPH, 28 August 2018: Trial By Error: Professor Edwards’ Letter to MRC’s Fiona Watt Jonathan Edwards, an emeritus professor of medicine at University College London, recently sent a letter to Professor Fiona Watt, executive … Continue reading

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The NICE guidelines – starting again?

mrspoonseeker blog post, 21 Jan 2018: The NICE Guidelines – Starting Again? N.B. Please sign the NICE Guidelines Committee petition – see below. There was some encouraging feedback from the recent NICE ME/CFS Guidelines Stakeholder meeting, an early milestone in the long … Continue reading

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PACE team response shows a disregard for the principles of science

Prof Jonathan Edwards (UK) and Prof David Tuller (USA) add to the growing number of articles by clinicians and researchers challenging the scientific credentials of the PACE researchers. PACE team response shows a disregard for the principles of science, by Prof Jonathan Edwards … Continue reading

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Prof Jonathan Edwards comments on MEGA Big study oppostition

Opposing MEGA blog comment by Professor Jonathan Edwards about OMEGA Petition, 20 October 2016 Jonathan Edwards, Emeritus Professor of Connective Tissue Medicine, commented on a Discussion – Petition: Opposing MEGA I was very concerned that a counter petition of this sort would be an own goal. However, … Continue reading

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Prof Peter White says: If my team’s research on ME is rejected, the patients will suffer

Guardian opinion piece, by Peter White, 20 September 2016: ‘If my team’s research on ME is rejected, the patients will suffer’ Sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome have been neglected too long. But our Pace trials show the right talking and … Continue reading

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Dr Shepherd, Prof Jonathan Edwards & others write open letter to Queen Mary University London about PACE

Virology blog: Open letter to Queen Mary University London about PACE, 6 September 2016 Professor Simon Gaskell President and Principal Queen Mary University of London Mile End Road London E1 4NS Dear Professor Gaskell: Last month, the First-Tier Tribunal ordered Queen … Continue reading

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Professor says tribunal was right to order release of PACE trial data

The Conversation blog post, by Prof Jo Edwards, 26 August 2016: Tribunal was right to order release of chronic fatigue trial data After nearly four months deliberation a tribunal has dismissed an appeal made by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) … Continue reading

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the Solvable biological challenge of ME/CFS: reader-friendly version

Simon McGrath provides a patient-friendly version of a peer-reviewed paper which he co-authored, and which highlights some of the most promising biomedical research on ME/CFS. Phoenix rising blog post, 12 May 2016: Professor & patients’ paper on the solvable biological … Continue reading

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The biological challenge of ME/CFS: a solvable problem

Article introduction: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is comparable to multiple sclerosis, diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis in prevalence (∼0.2% to 1%), long-term disability, and quality of life,[1–5] yet the scale of biomedical research and funding has been pitifully limited, as … Continue reading

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