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May Momentum Launches TODAY: Webcast Schedule Announced!

May Momentum Launches TODAY! Today, May 1, 2022, marks the first day of our annual May Momentum campaign! In recognition of May ME/CFS Awareness month, this campaign is a special effort by OMF and OMFCA  to increase awareness of multi-system chronic complex diseases (msCCD) and energize fundraising efforts. This year we are excited to announce a new […]

May Momentum Launches Next Week with New Webcast Series!

Our annual May Momentum campaign begins next week on May 1, 2022! This year we are excited to announce a new webcast series, “May Momentum Tuesdays,” to update you on the progress of the OMF Collaborative Research Network!

Announcing New Medical Education Program!

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OMF is excited to announce that we will be launching a Medical Education program! This program aims to increase access to knowledgeable clinicians and improve patient care around the globe.

Last Chance! Become a Monthly Donor & Help OMF Secure Another $10k Donation!

Just three days left! Help Sustain Hope Become a Monthly Donor to Secure Another $10k Donation In honor of OMF’s 10th Year Anniversary, an anonymous donor has stepped up and pledged to donate $10,000 if 200 people become monthly donors of $10 or more by March 31st, 2022. What does your monthly donation support?   The continuation […]

New Facebook fundraising tools available for OMF Canada!

New Facebook fundraising tools available for OMF Canada! Did you know you can now create a Facebook fundraiser for OMF Canada? Click this link to set your fundraiser up in less than 60 seconds. Facebook Fundraisers are an easy and effective way to support our groundbreaking research into ME/CFS, Long COVID, and related multi-system chronic, complex […]

A Decade of Hope: OMF Celebrates its 10 Year Anniversary!

A Decade of Hope: OMF Celebrates its 10th Year Anniversary in 2022! Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) is turning 10 years old! To commemorate a decade of leading research and delivering hope, we would like to reflect on our tremendous accomplishments over the years. The journey to end multi-system chronic, complex diseases (msCCD), including Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / […]

Continuing the Research: New Changes Announced for OMF

Continuing the Research:New Changes for OMF Announced In an effort to continue the tremendous legacy of OMF’s Late Chief Medical Officer, Ronald G. Tompkins, MD, ScD, we would like to share new developments with the community. We are honored to announce that Jonas Bergquist, MD, PhD, has accepted the role of OMF Chief Medical Officer […]

Remembering Ron & 2021 Year in Review

Thank you for being a part of our Open Medicine Foundation Canada family. As we reflect on the achievements of the past year, I would like to honor the memory of Ronald Tompkins, MD, ScD, OMF’s beloved Chief Medical Officer and Director of the Harvard Collaborative, who helped make so many of these accomplishments possible […]

Remembering Ron

Remembering Ron: A Champion of ME/CFS Research, and Friend to All In Dr. Tompkins’ role as OMF’s Chief Medical Officer, he facilitated communication between the OMF funded Collaborative Research Centers and supervised OMF’s overall strategic plan. This includes patient care, access to treatment, and the development of innovative diagnostics. However, Dr. Tompkins innovative work spanned […]

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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.