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2022 OMF Supported Research Initiatives

2022 OMF SUPPORTED RESEARCH INITIATIVES Neutrophil Assessment in ME/CFS Raman Spectrometry Based Biomarker Discovery for ME/CFS Home Visit ME/CFS Study Muscle Biopsy and plasma study into Post-Exertional Malaise-ME/CFS and Long COVID Single Day Longitudinal Study in ME/CFS Following COVID to Long COVID to ME/CFS Multi-Center Study Network Medicine for discovering repurposed drugs for treatment possibilities […]

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Donate your appreciated stock directly to OMFCA and you can receive an immediate income-tax deduction for the fair market value of the securities on the date of transfer (even if you originally paid much less for them). OMFCA sells your securities and uses the proceeds to support our mission. You also do not pay capital […]

May Momentum Tuesdays 2022: Interview Transcript with David Systrom, MD

May Momentum Tuesdays 2022: Interview Transcript with David Systrom, MD Rebecca Handler, OMF Communications Manager: Today we are joined by Dr. David Systrom, who is the newest Co Director of the Ronald G. Tompkins ME/CFS Collaboration at Harvard Affiliated Hospitals. So just to start off, I would love to hear more about what brought you […]

A Day in the Life Challenge-2022

Guidelines for #MayMomentum’s A Day in The Life Challenge [Patients, caregivers, and advocates] This year’s 2022 #MayMomentum Stories theme is “A Day in the Life.” Video is our strongly preferred format for #MayMomentum Stories, but we understand if you prefer to write your story. Video instructions: Shooting on your smartphone works great. Be sure to hold […]

May Momentum Social Media Toolkit

May Momentum 2023OMFCA Social Media Toolkit Campaign Website: www.omfca.ngo/maymomentum2023  Hashtag: #MayMomentum Facebook: Open Medicine Foundation Canada Instagram: @OpenMedFCanada Twitter: @OpenMedFCanada How can you help us build momentum: Create a May Momentum fundraiser for OMF starting May 1 and ending May 31 (You can set the goal for any amount you choose). Be featured by OMF in a blog […]

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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.
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.
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.