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Join the March Movement: Become a Hope Builder Today!

At OMF Canada, we are dedicated to pioneering innovative treatments and medical education for ME/CFS and Long COVID. But we can’t do it alone—we need partners who believe in lasting change. 

That’s where Hope Builders come in. Hope Builders are our cherished monthly donors, individuals who understand that consistent support can create waves of change. This March, we’ve embarked on a mission to welcome 30 new Hope Builders by the month’s end. Will you be one of them?

The image is a collage for "Hope Builders," the OMF Monthly Donor Program. It features diverse and positive images of people engaging in activities like cooking, smiling, and spending time with family. At the center is the Hope Builders logo, which includes a heart and globe design.

But what does it mean to be a Hope Builder?

It means providing a consistent foundation of support that empowers our vital research and offers hope to those affected by ME/CFS and Long COVID. It means joining a compassionate community of supporters who understand that every contribution, no matter the size, brings us closer to life-changing discoveries.

Why become a Hope Builder?

It’s simple. Your monthly gift ensures that we can plan more effectively for the future. It provides a steady stream of support that is vital for long-term projects and the continuous exploration of new research avenues.

Your Contribution Matters

Imagine the collective impact: if 100 supporters each contribute $10 monthly, we would raise $12,000 annually. These funds are critical in driving our research forward and unlocking new treatment possibilities. Now is the time to make a difference. Join us today as a Hope Builder and be a catalyst for change. Your support can fuel the breakthroughs that millions are waiting for.

The image features the logo for the "Hope Builders" (OMF Monthly Donor Program). The logo includes a stylized heart intertwined with a globe.
Become a Hope Builder

Thank you for being a part of our dedicated community. Your belief in our mission is what propels us forward. Let’s reach our goal of 30 new Hope Builders and make this March a milestone month for progress.

The future is hopeful because of you. Begin your journey as a Hope Builder today and keep the flame of progress burning bright. Become a Hope Builder!

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Microvesicles and viral sequencing
Microvesicles are a type of extracellular vesicle that is released from the cell membrane. Vesicles are small, fluid-filled sacs or vacuoles within the body. Sequencing is a technique used to determine the exact sequence of bases (A, C, G, and T) in a DNA (or viral) molecule.
NMR Metabolomics
NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) is an instrument/tool used to perform metabolic studies, metabolic profiling, and metabolomics in biofluids and tissues for more than 40 years using magnetic fields. There is a very close connection between metabolic measurements and NMR. This connection has flourished because of NMR’s many unique strengths for characterizing complex mixtures’ chemical composition.
Proteomics
The large-scale study of proteins, which are large, complex molecules that are required for structure, function, and regulation of the human body's tissues and organs.
Autoantibodies
Antibodies that react with self-molecules and that occur in healthy individuals and are referred to as natural antibodies or autoantibodies.
Extracellular DNA for viral reactivation and Mitochondrial DNA
exDNA (extracellular DNA), exDNA is often secreted actively and is used to perform several tasks, thereby offering an attractive target or tool for biotechnological, medical, environmental, and general microbiological applications. Viruses are intracellular parasites that rely to a significant extent on the host cell for replication. Viral reactivation occurs when an active replication of the viral genome results in a lytic (degradation of the cell) infection characterized by the release of new progeny (descendant) virus particles.
Immune cell profiling
The immune system has many important regulatory roles in disease development and progression. Given the emergence of effective immune therapies, reliable predictors of response are needed. Immune cell profiling determines response by evaluating immune cell populations from treated and untreated samples. For our purposes, we will evaluate the white blood cell response to the viral infection using a process called “Cytof.”
Leukocyte Genomics
A leukocyte is a colorless cell circulating in the blood and body fluids and is involved in counteracting foreign substances and disease. A genome is all genetic material of an organism. Genomics is a biology field focusing on the structure, function, evolution, mapping, and editing of genomes. Therefore, leukocyte genomics is the study of all genetic material of leukocytes.
Metabolomics
Metabolomics is a way to study metabolism – that is, through measuring amounts of the metabolites (small molecules) produced by our bodies as we convert food into energy and other molecules that our cells need to survive. Metabolomics technology is ‘large-scale,’ meaning that several thousand metabolites can be measured from a single sample of e.g., blood or urine.
Micro RNA
Cells use Micro RNA to control whether a particular gene is making too much, too little or the normal amount of its protein at a particular time.