u/callthesomnambulance

The researchers that conducted the fascinating DecodeME study exploring the genetic fingerprints of MECFS are back at it with an even more ambitious project, this time aiming to conduct "long-read" whole-genome sequencing on 9,000 people with ME/CFS and 9,000 with Long Covid. They're still in need of a significant chunk of funding but this is exciting stuff nonetheless

More info here:

https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2026/03/16/whole-genome-me-cfs-long-covid-sequence/

https://www.actionforme.org.uk/research-campaigns/our-research-work/sequenceme-long-covid/