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New publication funded by OMF explores post-viral fatigue & brain inflammation in HSE and ME/CFS

New publication funded by OMF explores post-viral fatigue & brain inflammation in HSE and ME/CFS

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Linda Tannenbaum, Founder & CEO of Open Medicine Foundation (OMF), is passionately dedicating her efforts topave the way for a cure for ME/CFS, Long COVID, and …

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Celebrating a Milestone: Transformative Gift Fuels our Research Program!

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OMF Proudly Recognized as a 4-Star Organization by Charity Navigator

OMF earns 4-Star rating from Charity Navigator, reflecting our commitment to best practices & financial efficiency in serving ME/CFS & Long COVID communities.

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Dr. Robert Naviaux Receives Award For Mitochondrial Disease Research

Dr. Robert Naviaux, an OMF Scientific Advisory Board member, has been awarded the highly prestigious Vanguard Award by the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF).

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New Details on OMF Supported Research Projects in Australia!

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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.

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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.