{"id":15767,"date":"2018-03-07T09:44:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T09:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=15767"},"modified":"2018-03-07T09:44:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T09:44:45","slug":"uk-cfs-me-research-collaborative-plans-to-promote-biological-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/uk-cfs-me-research-collaborative-plans-to-promote-biological-research\/","title":{"rendered":"UK CFS\/ME Research Collaborative plans to promote biological research"},"content":{"rendered":"

Action for ME<\/strong> blog post, 6 March 2018: UK CFS\/M.E. Research Collaborative<\/h3>\n

Since its inception in 2013, the UK CFS\/M.E. Research Collaborative (CMRC) has successfully brought together significant numbers of researchers from across the UK and internationally with charities, mainstream funders and patients.<\/p>\n

\"\"Aiming to drive interest and funding in CFS\/ME research – which, as highlighted by the CMRC’s 2016\u00a0M.E.\/CFS Research Funding report<\/a>, represents less than 1% of all active grants given by UK mainstream funding agencies – the CMRC has held four successful conferences, initiated and supported new collaborations, worked with mainstream funders and secured interest from pharma\/industry, and brought researchers in from outside of the field as well as partners from charities covering overlapping illnesses.<\/p>\n

Following a meeting of its Executive Board in February 2018, the CMRC agreed on a\u00a0new purpose, objectives and values<\/a>, which replace its previous Charter:<\/p>\n

Our purpose<\/strong><\/p>\n

To promote the discovery of the biological mechanisms that underpin CFS\/ME, which, together with clinical observation, will drive the development of targeted new treatments for this highly underserved patient population.<\/p>\n

Our objectives <\/strong><\/p>\n