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date: 2026-05-12 12:50
title: Government announces £4.75 million funding for Sequence ME research project
link: https://meassociation.org.uk/2026/05/government-announces-4-75-million-funding-for-sequence-me-research-project/
cited: ME Association
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Good news!

> This significant investment is an important milestone for a condition that has been historically neglected, despite its profound and long‑term impact on people's health and quality of life. It reflects growing recognition that ME/CFS is a serious, complex biomedical illness requiring robust scientific investigation and evidence‑based approaches to management.
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> Building on the findings from [DecodeME](https://institute-genetics-cancer.ed.ac.uk/decodeme), the new [SequenceME](https://www.actionforme.org.uk/research-campaigns/our-research-work/sequenceme-long-covid/) study should provide a deeper understanding of the underlying disease process, in particular how the immune and nervous systems respond to a triggering infection in ME/CFS.
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> For people with ME/CFS there is now real hope that we have a route to identifying a much‑needed diagnostic biomarker blood test and, ultimately, more effective and targeted forms of treatment.