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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 […]

$3 million pledge received for research!

$3 million pledged for new study at the Collaborative Research Center at Montréal! #TripleGivingTuesday Research News From the desk of Alain Moreau, PhDDirector of the Collaborative Research Center at the CHU Sainte-Justine/Université de Montréal There is just one week left for #TripleGivingTuesday, OMF’s biggest fundraising campaign of the year. I’m excited to share amazing news on behalf […]

Donate by Bitcoin

OMFCA accepts donations of Cryptocurrencies. Donate Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies directly to OMFCA. We can accept cryptocurrency donations of any amount.  We accept the following cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Zcash (ZEC), Gemini Dollar (GUSD), Basic Attention Token (BAT), Chainlink (LINK), 0x (ZRX), Storj (STORJ), Dai (DAI), Amp (AMP), […]

Run Across Ontario | An OMFCA Supporter’s Journey to Raise Awareness

Today we are honored to share the incredible story of Open Medicine Foundation Canada (OMFCA) supporter Terry from Canada, who has embarked on a challenging journey to raise both money and awareness for ME/CFS research. ME/CFS is a complex disease with a varying spectrum of severity. Some are bedbound indefinitely, while others, like Terry, have […]

Characterizing B cells in ME/CFS

Woman researcher using a pipette

This study’s goal is to broadly evaluate B cell subsets, metabolism, viability, receptors, and antibodies in people with ME/CFS.

Newsletter October 2020

Join our Mission to End ME/CFS: Your Digital Fundraising Toolkit is Here! Passionate about our mission to end ME/CFS? Join us in our fight to fast-track critical research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME / CFS) by starting your own digital fundraiser! Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) is excited to announce that we have […]

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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.