Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa This is a good example of...
Great work, @JohnTheJack I liked the way the letter ended: Your appeal has therefore been upheld. Please accept my thanks for bringing this to...
Good point about acronyms. But bear in mind that this project might need to recruit 20,000 people (more, since some won't meet the selection...
Copied The Nacul 2011 Prevalence study found around 80% female cases for ME/CFS (Table 4...
The Nacul 2011 Prevalence study found around 80% female cases for ME/CFS (Table 4...
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That’s a good list and I’m sure that’s the right way to go to really interest people in the field. I think two other findings are worth adding to...
Great work, Andy – thank you! This is very interesting and also a fabulous resource. Pity the scale of research in the UK is still so small....
@wigglethemouse "Here is an example to describe what @Simon M is saying. Some folks believe mutations in the gene MBL2 play a role in making folks...
@Yvonne , I am glad you liked the blog, even if you don't like the idea of the GWAS. I will yry to addresss your main points. I would agree with...
Subgroups I think this is really one for @Chris Ponting but I don't think he'll be around for a bit so let me try to answer some of these points....
Yes, handling people who don't/won't meet the selection criteria will be tricky. But it may be useful to have a group within the GWAS of people...
Thanks for all the suggestions. This is a huge target but I think of the whole community gets behind its we could do this and establish the...
I am not aware of any biobanks with significant amounts of relevant DNA data. There is Klimas but I don't know if it's feasible to incorporate...
Thanks for the excellent questions and I am delighted that so much interest in this. I will answer as much of this as I can myself as I don't know...
Researchers propose deep trawl of DNA to help uncover the causes of ME/CFS Analysing the DNA of thousands of patients can help to uncover the...
He was also interviewed earlier in the day, which you can watch here, [MEDIA] about why we need much more research funding, his immune signature...
Prof @Chris Ponting made a cracking seven-minute speech at the Glasgow millions missing event, captured here [MEDIA] It really is worth a listen....
Nanoelectric device could lead to a diagnostic blood test for ME/CFS Last week, Dr Ron Davis’s team published a pilot study showing remarkable...
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