NIH Funding and the XMRV Effect

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Note: Further information on the studies referred to in this post may

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NIH Funding and the XMRV Effect

July 31st, 2012

Jennie Spotila/Occupy CFS

Source: Co-Cure

The largest pool of money available for investigator-initiated CFS

research grants is the NIH. Although miniscule relative to other areas

of research, $6 million a year is the largest annual research

investment in CFS from any source. Given the significance of this

investment, advocates and NIH representatives routinely disagree over

how the money is spent and whether it is going to the right projects.

Looking at one year of research, as I did with the NIH's spending on

CFS in 2011, is interesting, but year to year comparison is important

as well. Is funding getting better each year? Are the projects

actually investigating CFS? And what effect did XMRV have on CFS

funding? I've examined the data available for 2008 – 2011, and the

answers are complicated...

The full post may be read here:

http://www.occupycfs.com/2012/07/31/nih-funding-and-the-xmrv-effect/