{"id":10643,"date":"2016-11-17T06:31:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T06:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=10643"},"modified":"2016-11-17T06:31:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T06:31:20","slug":"me-associations-metabolomics-study-appeals-for-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/me-associations-metabolomics-study-appeals-for-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"ME Association’s Metabolomics study appeals for funds"},"content":{"rendered":"

ME Association:<\/strong> Make ME Better! appeal<\/a><\/p>\n

Our\u00a0Make ME Better\u00a0campaign aims to raise \u00a350,000 to fund scientific research which we hope could lead to a breakthrough in diagnosis and treatment of ME\/CFS.<\/p>\n

Led by Dr Karl Morten<\/a>, scientists from the University of Oxford and Newcastle University wish to spend 12 months analysing nearly 300 blood samples, looking at metabolomics \u2013 chemical clues that are left behind after changes in cells. Put simply, they\u2019re on the hunt for a smoking gun.<\/p>\n

The British research will pick up the gauntlet of\u00a0the groundbreaking Naviaux study<\/a>\u00a0released by the University of California earlier this year, which suggested that ME\/CFS could be the body going into a state of semi-hibernation.<\/p>\n

Dr Morten will be working alongside Dr James McCullagh<\/a>, Associate Professor in Mass Spectrometry at the University of Oxford, and Professor Julia Newton<\/a>, Dean for Clinical Medicine at Newcastle University.<\/p>\n

Many of the blood samples will come from the ME\/CFS Biobank \u2013 the first significant time they have been used by external researchers \u2013 and will be compared to those from a control group.<\/p>\n

IT\u2019S A BIG TARGET BUT PLEASE HELP US REACH IT!<\/p>\n

You can support\u00a0MAKE ME BETTER<\/p>\n