Invest in ME Research
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Invest in ME (IIME) is an independent UK charity founded by parents of patients, that campaigns for biomedical research into ME.[1] It is a supporter of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis but declined to join the UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative.[2]
Aims[edit | edit source]
Invest in ME provides funding, education and awareness of the disease.
International conferences[edit | edit source]
IIME organizes and hosts hosts international colloquiums and conferences, see Invest in ME Conference.
Funding[edit | edit source]
Notable people[edit | edit source]
Invest in ME Research Scientific Advisory Board
The charity has a scientific advisory board consisting of Professor Angela Vincent, Dr Jo Cambridge, Professor Simon Carding, Professor Jonathan Edwards, Dr Ian Gibson and Professor Tom Wileman.
Studies funded[edit | edit source]
- UK Rituximab Trial
- UK gut microbiota project
- 2015, Extended B-cell phenotype in patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A cross-sectional study (Fane Mensah, Amolak Bansal, Saul Berkovitz, Arti Sharma, Venkat Reddy, Maria Leandro, Geraldine Cambridge)
History[edit | edit source]
Online presence[edit | edit source]
Learn more[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Invest in ME International ME Conference
- Biomedical Research into ME Colloquium
- European ME Alliance
- Jon Campling (actor)
