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I accept your general point, but I think there could be some benefits in having a new research fund in Canada as I discuss. Probably also...
It'd be great if ME/CFS research funds could be set up in more countries, either as part of existing groups, stand-alone or affiliates of other...
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An example of how funding a pilot study can lead on to a bigger government-type grant: [MEDIA] Thread on this:...
I would be very interested in reading a full copy of this article, if anyone has managed to get it. There have been very, very few Irish studies...
Okay, though that would have its limits with any one team in terms of what they could fund. And there will always be existing research teams who...
Another way of looking at this: In one year: For illness A, there are 100 privately-funded research projects (by 50/100/whatever research teams)...
50% of illnesses approximately will have an above average success rate and 50% will approximately have a lower than average success rate. Also...
In other countries, if one looked over a longer period, the same sort of differences would arise. And ME/CFS in many if not most countries would...
Which illness is likely to have the most grants approved: illness A: with 100 grant applications illness B: with zero grant applications These...
An earlier version of the paper had much fewer conflicts of interest declared. Keith Geraghty challenged them on this:
The review history is here: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/7/e025513.reviewer-comments These were the reviewers: Mark A Lumley, Ph.D....
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They were a lot more explicit this time than usual. Disappointing to see the various (non-ME) patient organisations who have given Moss-Morris and...
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