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==The UK ME/CFS Biobank== In August 2011, the team founded a biobank for [[Myalgic encephalomyelitis|Myalgic Encephalomyelitis]], hosted by the [[University College London]] Biobank at the [[Royal Free Hospital]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web | url = https://cureme.lshtm.ac.uk/about-us/history-of-the-biobank/ | title = History of CureME | website = CureMe|language=en|access-date=2019-01-18}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_fPLSKnTCU Action for M.E. AGM 2013 part three]</ref> The [[UK ME/CFS Biobank]] (UKMEB) was initially funded with support from [[ME Research UK]], the [[ME Association]] and [[Action for ME]] as well as private donors.<ref name=":0" /> Ongoing funding has been provided by the [[ME Association]] and the US [[National Institutes of Health]].<ref>[http://blogs.lshtm.ac.uk/news/2013/06/28/uk-mecfs-biobank-project-awarded-1-million-grant/ UK ME/CFS Biobank project awarded Β£1 million grant]</ref><ref>[http://www.meassociation.org.uk/research2015/current-research2015/ Current Research 2015]</ref> The Biobank holds over 30,000 aliquots of blood from people with ME, MS and healthy controls, with accompanying clinical data.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://cureme.lshtm.ac.uk/researchers/431-2/ | title = Samples & Data | website = CureMe|language=en|access-date=2019-01-18}}</ref> In 2016 the Biobank's samples were made available to researchers around the world, and any researcher can apply to use samples and/or clinical data, subject to application approval and ethical clearance.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://cureme.lshtm.ac.uk/researchers/accessing-the-biobank/ | title = Accessing the Biobank β CureMe|language=en|access-date=2020-06-03}}</ref>
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