{"id":1613,"date":"2023-10-24T11:14:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T10:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/manchester-brain-bank\/?p=1613"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:19:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T10:19:46","slug":"the-me-association-announces-new-post-mortem-research-partnership-with-manchester-brain-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/manchester-brain-bank\/2023\/10\/24\/the-me-association-announces-new-post-mortem-research-partnership-with-manchester-brain-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"The ME Association announces new post-mortem research partnership with Manchester Brain Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; global_module=&#8221;322&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_menu menu_id=&#8221;7&#8243; submenu_direction=&#8221;downwards&#8221; fullwidth_menu=&#8221;off&#8221; module_class=&#8221;main-navigation&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_menu][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax__hover=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_method__hover=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax__hover=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_method__hover=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_post_title featured_placement=&#8221;above&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; locked=&#8221;on&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re delighted to announce a new post-mortem research tissue programme between the ME association and the Manchester Brain Bank.<\/p>\n<p>The ME Association Ramsay Research Fund will be funding detailed examinations of the brain, spinal cord and dorsal root ganglion in at least 5 people with a firm diagnosis ME\/CFS who are aged between 18 and 50 at the time of death.<\/p>\n<p>Our role, as Manchester Brain Bank,\u00a0will be to store post-mortem tissue from the brain and spinal cord of people with ME\/CFS. 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