Here's a recent release made on behalf of the ME Association, about the Dr John Gow DVD:

"Dr John Gow's talk - DVD now available from The ME Association

A DVD featuring a talk by Dr John Gow about his pioneering genetic study at the Glasgow University which could lead to the development of a diagnostic marker for ME is now available from The ME Association.

The two-part DVD, videoed at the association's annual medical conference last September, also includes a medical panel discussion led by MEA medical advisers Dr Charles Shepherd and Dr Anne Macintyre, and paediatrician Dr Rashmin Tamnhe.

Other scientists are working in the field, but Dr Gow told the conference: "What we have in this experiment [at Glasgow] is the entire human genome. No one else has this data at the present time".

Dr Gow has identified nine gene sequences among a list of 100 possible biomarkers which could lead to drug treatments being developed. The ME Association is the major funder of the present stage of the study. The next stage – if funding can be found – will be a clinical study.

The price of the DVD is £5 (inc UK postage). For overseas delivery, please check price by emailing: lucy.kingham@meassociation.org.uk

Copies may be obtained from The ME Association, 4 Top Angel, Buckingham, MK18 1TH. Make cheques payable to The ME Association.

Copies can also be obtained by debit card order – phone 01280 818964.

Please allow seven days for delivery."

-- Tony Britton, ME Association --