Australian biobank due to open next year

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by ME Australia The Mason Foundation, an Australian philanthropic foundation, announced it will invest $1 million in a biobank to collect samples for people with ME and CFS. Samples will be based on self-diagnosis and then confirmed using the Canadian Consensus Criteria (CCC). It will also store samples from healthy people to use as 'controls'. … Continue reading Australian biobank due to open next year

New Australian Research Network holding scientific workshop on ME

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December 5, 2018December 6, 2018 ~ ME news Australia ~ 3 Comments

by Sasha Nimmo Five Australian universities have joined together, along with the CFS Discovery Clinic, to form the ME/CFS Discovery Research Network or MDRN to collaborate and foster biomedical research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. The network includes: La Trobe University (including Dr Paul Fisher) University of Melbourne (including Dr Neil McGregor and Dr Chris Armstrong) Monash … Continue reading New Australian Research Network holding scientific workshop on ME