Ron Davis has spoken about his ground-breaking work searching for a cure to ME during a conference at the Wellcome Genome Campus. Prof Davis, from Stanford University, and wife Janet Dafoe regularly attend the Invest in ME Research International ME Conference, now in its 16th year. Their son, Whitney, was diagnosed with severe ME – myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome – in 2011, since which time Prof Davis has almost entirely directed his work towards the condition. “He’s just been lying in bed since 2011,” says Janet of Whitney, now 40, who had been a professional photograph…