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IIMEC15 Video Presentations Now Available!

View research presentations from the 15th Invest in ME Research International Conference 2023 (IIMEC15). Featuring leading experts, these presentations uncover insights into ME/CFS & Long COVID.

Reasons to Join StudyME

Every year, your support helps OMF to raise millions of dollars for ME/CFS research. This allows us to work closely with scientists around the world who are racing to find a cure for this devastating illness. Believe it or not, one of the most common complaints researchers have, is how difficult it is to find […]

Join OMF at the IACFS/ME 2023 Clinical and Scientific Conference

Dear OMF Friends, I am just home from an inspiring and hope-filled experience at this year’s Invest in ME Conference in the UK. What a special opportunity to meet those of you who joined us! For those of you who could not make it out to the UK, there is another opportunity to learn from […]

Final Hours of May Momentum: Your Support Can Make History!

As we reach the final hours of our May Momentum campaign, we at Open Medicine Foundation Canada (OMFCA) are reaching out to remind you of the significant role your support plays in our mission to fast-track groundbreaking medical research and deliver hope to millions worldwide. Donations like yours fund our comprehensive research approach – from identifying biomarkers […]

Your Support Matters: Join the final Days of May Momentum

We’ve had a busy month at Open Medicine Foundation Canada (OMFCA). Now in the final days of our annual May Momentum campaign, we are calling on you for your support. Your donation, of any amount, helps to keep our mission going. Donate before May Momentum ends on May 31! Donate now In case you missed it, here’s […]

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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.