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There are many ways to contribute to ME and CFS research.  Of course monetary donations are always welcome from those who can afford them.  But the nature of this illness leaves patients and often their families with little money to spare.  Patient volunteers as well as healthy control subjects are often needed for clinical trials. Blood and tissue banks have been set up for donations so that during any Necessary medical procedure you have through your doctor, an extra blood or tissue sample can be taken.  A few ME and CFS organizations offer internet shopping services that donate a portion of your purchases to the organization of your choice.  We list information on several of these options below for your convenience.  We suggest you research each link to decide if the organization does research that you feel comfortable supporting.

Blood & Tissue Banks
Monetary Donations
Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Blood & Tissue Banks

Casey Fero Blood and Tissue Bank
NCF

Monetary Donations to Support Research

Casey Fero Blood and Tissue Bank
CFS Research Foundation
IACFS/ME
ME Research Group UK
Nightingale Research Foundation
Washington State University School of Molecular Biosciences
Whittemore Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease

Research Studies & Clinical Trials

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Recruits patients and healthy controls for research into many aspects of ME/CFS.

The Center for Community Research at DePaul University is studying ME/CFS in children and adolescents.  "We are looking for children and adolescents ages 5-17 and their parents/guardians to complete the DePaul Pediatric Health Questionnaire (DPHQ).

Dr. Derek Enlander, M.D.
Our office in New York is collaborating with Jonathan Kerr in London on new research involving white blood cell RNA. To be a U.S. or Canadian candidate in the study, Contact Us.

CFS Circulatory Study
Researchers at the Center for Pediatric Hypotension at New York Medical College in Valhalla NY are studying whether circulatory problems explain the symptoms and signs of the chronic fatigue syndrome in teenagers. The Principal Investigator for this study is Julian M. Stewart MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics and of Physiology at New York Medical College.

Use of Valganciclovir in patients with elevated antibody titers against Human Herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) & Epstein Barr virus (EBV) who were experiencing central nervous system dysfunction including long-standing fatigue. A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled and Double Blind Study at Stanford University. Details of study and how to participate. Clinical trial to begin in Spring of 2007.