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Individuals with ME/CFS, researchers, clinicians, and advocates committed to finding better diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

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Opportunities to Contribute

Cornell Muscle and Cellular Function Study

The Cornell ME/CFS Center is recruiting healthy individuals and individuals with ME/CFS to participate in a study of muscle and cellular function in ME/CFS.

Photo: Join a study of muscle and cellular function in healthy adults.

Grants that fund MECFSnet are managed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. This website was supported by a grant from NIH, grant #U24-NS-105535.

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What is ME/CFS?

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), also referred to as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), is a multi-system disease that causes dysfunction of the neurological, immune, endocrine, and energy metabolism systems.