Question follow-through · 128524
ME/CFS: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department is providing for research into the genetic differences between people with myalgic encephalomyelitis and those without the condition.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department is providing for research into the genetic differences between people with myalgic encephalomyelitis and those without the condition.
22 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
The National Institute for Health and Care Research and the Medical Research Council have dedicated £3.2 million to the DecodeME study. This study aims to understand the genetic differences between those who have myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as c...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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