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New Clinical Care Tools and Education Opportunities for Providers

Caring for patients with ME/CFS and Long COVID presents complex challenges—often leaving providers without clear, evidence-based guidance. That’s where the Medical Education Resource Center (MERC)—a collaboration between Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) and the Bateman Horne Center (BHC)—comes in. MERC is delivering practical, evidence-informed tools that empower clinicians with the latest knowledge and resources to confidently […]

IIMEC17 & OMF’s Directors In-Person Meeting

2024 annual directors' meeting, featuring Jonas Bergquist, Ron Davis, Christopher Armstrong, David Systrom, Wenzhong Xiao, Maureen Hanson, Linda Tannenbaum, and Danielle Meadows.

We are pleased to announce that Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) will attend the annual International ME Conference Week hosted by the UK charity Invest in ME Research.   The international ME conference week events now span five days, and this year are arranged for 26 – 30 May 2025. This unique set of events now encapsulates […]

Shape Tomorrow’s Care: Invest in MERC’s High-Impact Initiatives

If you’re looking to drive meaningful change in the diagnosis and treatment of ME/CFS, Long COVID, and related conditions, the Medical Education Resource Center (MERC) offers a unique and high-impact opportunity to accelerate progress in medical education and clinical care.   A collaboration between Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) and the Bateman Horne Center (BHC), MERC […]

Science Wednesdays: What is Metabolomics

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What is Metabolomics? From the Desk of Dr. Danielle, Meadows Vice President of Research Programs & Operations There are a lot of different kinds of data analysis methods that are important to consider for research on ME/CFS and related conditions, so every once in a while, I want to talk more in-depth about some of […]

🩺 Transforming ME/CFS Care – How Education is Changing Lives

We envision a world where ME/CFS-informed clinicians are accessible to all. That’s why Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) and Bateman Horne Center (BHC) partnered to create the Medical Education Resource Center (MERC)—a program dedicated to training healthcare professionals worldwide in diagnosing and treating ME/CFS and related conditions. To date, MERC has: ✅ Reached 15,000 healthcare professionals […]

Video Interview with Dr. Bateman: Challenges and Opportunities in ME/CFS Education

A YouTube thumbnail featuring the OMF and BHC logos at the top. Dr. Bateman’s headshot appears on the left, with the MERC (Medical Education Resource Center) logo and the text "Breaking New Ground in Medical Education: Insights from Dr. Lucinda Bateman" on the right.

For nearly three years, Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) and Bateman Horne Center (BHC) have been working together to bridge critical gaps in medical education for ME/CFS, Long COVID, and related conditions.  Together, we created the Medical Education Resource Center (MERC)—a powerful initiative designed to equip clinicians with practical, evidence-based tools to care for patients with […]

New Publication: Targeted Analysis of Seven Selected Tryptophan-Melatonin Metabolites

We’re pleased to share a new publication by Jonas Bergquist, MD, PhD, and colleagues: Targeted analysis of seven selected tryptophan-melatonin metabolites: Simultaneous quantification of plasma analytes using fast and sensitive UHPLC-MS/MS. The Heart of the Matter The ME/CFS Collaborative Center at Uppsala published a paper on their new methodology: ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS). […]

⏰ Last Chance! Only 24 Hours Left to Become a Hope Builder!

⏳The countdown is on! There are only 24 hours left to help us reach our goal of welcoming 30 new Hope Builders in March. We just need a few more supporters—will you help us cross the finish line? Your monthly donation will make a profound difference, just like the hundreds of other Hope Builders who […]

⏰ 6 Days Left to Join OMFCA’s Hope Builders!

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We’re in the final stretch! With only 6 days left in our March challenge, we’re calling on 8 more incredible supporters to become OMFCA Hope Builders—our dedicated monthly donors. Already, 22 new Hope Builders have stepped up to fuel groundbreaking research and medical education. Will you be one of the final 8 to join? As […]

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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.