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Can science crack the mystery of ME?

Can science crack the mystery of ME?

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Madeleine Finlay speaks to science editor Ian Sample about a new study of how genes affect people’s chances of developing ME/CFS, and to Nicky Proctor who has ME and took part in the research. She also hears from Beth Pollack, a research scientist at the

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Scientists have found the first robust evidence that people’s genes
affect their chances of developing myalgic encephalomyelitis or
chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), a mysterious and debilitating
illness that has been neglected and dismissed for decades by many
in the medical community. To find out more, Madeleine Finlay speaks
to science editor Ian Sample and to Nicky Proctor, who has ME and
took part in the research. She also hears from Beth Pollack, a
research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who
studies ME/CFS and related conditions, about how scientific
understanding of the illness has improved and how scientists are
transforming this knowledge into ideas about future treatments.
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