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
by Sasha Nimmo A charitable trust, the Mason Foundation, is asking researchers to submit proposals for a biobank and patient registry as well as a research project that uses the data and specimens. The trust will grant $200,000 a year for five years for the biobank project, $1 million in total. The Judith Jane Mason & … Continue reading $1m biobank project for Australia
By Sasha Nimmo Most of Australia's medical research funding for ME and CFS comes from the Mason Foundation, who are currently looking at whether they will fund a biobank or a patient registry for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and/or chronic fatigue syndrome samples. Last week the Mason Foundation updated stakeholders on the decision-making process. This is important … Continue reading Mason Foundation explores ME and CFS biobank for Australia
