List of open letters from researchers

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PACE trial[edit | edit source]

TO: Mr. Paul Smallcombe, QMUL FROM: Ronald Davis, Bruce Levin & Vincent Racaniello PhD's and David Tuller, DrPH RE: Request for PACE trial Data DATE: December, 17, 2015[1]




TO: Dr. Richard Horton, Editor The Lancet FROM: Six Professors RE: Retraction of PACE trial Paper DATE: August 13, 2015[2] An update by Professor Vincent Racaniello: Once Again, Lancet Stumbles on PACE.[3]




TO: Dr. Richard Horton FROM: 43 Leading Scientists Clinicians RE: PACE Trial DATE: February 10, 2016[4] An update by Professor Vincent Racaniello: Once Again, Lancet Stumbles on PACE.[5]




TO: Dr. Richard Horton FROM: Dr. Malcolm Hooper RE: PACE Trial DATE: April 15, 2016[6]




TO: PLOS ONE Editors FROM: 5 Professors RE: PACE Trial DATE: May 23, 2016[7]




TO: Dr. Richard Horton FROM: David Tuller RE: 14 Questions for Dr. Horton DATE: September 1, 2016[8]




TO: Professor Simon Gaskell, QMUL FROM: 8 Signatories RE: PACE trial DATE: September 6, 2016[9]




TO: Dr. Robin Murray and Kenneth Kendler, Psychological Medicine FROM: 74 Signators Healthcare Professionals and Professors; 27 ME/CFS Organizations RE: GET/CBT "Recovery" Article in Psychological Medicine DATE: March 13, 2017[10]


Funding and grants[edit | edit source]

TO: Various senators on the HELP committee FROM: A group of two dozen American scientists RE: ME/CFS Funding DATE: August 17, 2015 [11]




TO: Scientific Advisory Board NIH FROM: Principal Investigators RE: ME/CFS/SEID Biomarker Discovery Grants DATE: August 2015[12]

#MEAction Summary of: Ronald Davis NIH Proposal[13]




TO: Government Health Agencies, Media, Patient Community, Public FROM: Ronald Davis RE: A Plea for Funding - His Son Whitney Dafoe is Dying DATE: December 29, 2015[14]


Drug Treatments[edit | edit source]

TO: White House, HHS, Senate HELP Committee and House Energy Commerce Sub- Committee on Health, Drs. Woodcock, Chowdhury and Maynard FROM: Clinicians and Biomedical Experts in ME/CFS RE: Request FDA Facilitate 2-day Meeting for Treatment of ME/CFS DATE: June 5, 2015[15]


NIH P2P Report[edit | edit source]

TO: NIH P2P Panel Members FROM: Board members of the International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (IACFS/ME) RE: IACFS/ME Response to P2P Draft Report on ME/CFS DATE: January 17, 2015[16]


Libel accusations[edit | edit source]

TO: CMRC FROM: David Tuller RE: Dr. Esther Crawley Accusing Dr. Tuller and Virology blog of Libel DATE: May 8, 2017[17]


References[edit | edit source]

  1. TO: Mr. Paul Smallcombe, QMUL FROM: Davis, Levin & Racaniello PhD's and Tuller, DrPH RE: Request for PACE Trial Data DATE: December, 17, 2015
  2. TO: Dr. Richard Horton, Editor The Lancet FROM: Six Professors RE: Retraction of PACE trial Paper DATE: August 13, 2015
  3. Once Again, Lancet Stumbles on PACE - Virology Blog - Vincent Racaniello
  4. TO: Dr. Richard Horton FROM: 43 Leading Scientists Clinicians RE: PACE Trial DATE: February 10, 2016
  5. TO: Dr. Richard Horton FROM: 43 Leading Scientists Clinicians RE: PACE Trial DATE: February 10, 2016
  6. TO: Dr. Richard Horton FROM: Dr. Malcolm Hooper RE: PACE Trial DATE: April 15, 2016
  7. TO: PLoS One Editors FROM: 5 Professors RE: PACE Trial DATE: May 23, 2016
  8. TO: Dr. Richard Horton FROM: David Tuller RE: 14 Questions for Dr. Horton DATE: September 1, 2016
  9. TO: Professor Simon Gaskell, QMUL FROM: 8 Signatures RE: PACE trial - Urge QMUL not to appeal DATE: September 6, 2016
  10. TO: Dr. Robin Murray and Kenneth Kendler, Psychological Medicine FROM: 74 Signators Healthcare Professionals and Professors; 27 ME/CFS Organizations RE: GET/CBT "Recovery" Article in Psychological Medicine DATE: March 13, 2017
  11. TO: Various senators on the HELP committee FROM: A group of two dozen American scientists RE: ME/CFS Funding DATE: August 17, 2015
  12. TO: Scientific Advisory Board NIH FROM: Principal Investigators RE: ME/CFS/SEID Biomarker Discovery Grants DATE: August 2015
  13. #MEAction Summary of: Ronald Davis NIH Proposal
  14. TO: Government Health Agencies, Media, Patient Community, Public FROM: Ron Davis RE: A Plea for Funding - His Son Whitney is Dying DATE: December 29, 2015 - CFS Research Center at Stanford University - Face Book Page
  15. TO: White House, HHS, Senate HELP Committee and House Energy Commerce Sub- Committee on Health, Drs. Woodcock, Chowdhury, and Maynard FROM: Clinicians and Biomedical Experts in ME/CFS RE: Request FDA Facilitate 2-day Meeting for Treatment of ME/CFS DATE: June 5, 2015
  16. TO: NIH P2P Panel Members FROM: IACFS/ME Board members RE: IACFS/ME Response to P2P Draft Report on ME/CFS DATE: January 17, 2015
  17. TO: CMRC FROM: David Tuller RE: Dr. Esther Crawley Accusing Dr. Tuller and Virology blog of Libel DATE: May 8, 2017