Action for ME announces research study for ME and Long Covid

Action for ME, has announced a landmark research study that signals a transformative step towards uncovering the biological roots of ME/CFS and Long Covid. Oxford Nanopore will work with Action for ME, University of Edinburgh and EMBL-EBI in this important programme.

“We are proud to be working closely with Action for ME and the University of Edinburgh to help elucidate genomic causes of ME, CFS and Long Covid, and in doing so start to bring answers to so many families affected by these chronic disease.

“While a UK study, there is global appetite for this first of a kind dataset, especially when we consider that 6 out of 100 people who have Covid showed Long Covid symptoms (WHO) (1)” Tonya McSherry, Head of EMEAI, Oxford Nanopore

Read the Action for ME announcement here: https://www.actionforme.org.uk/major-funding-secured-for-sequence-me-long-covid-a-decodeme-project/