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Raising Millions for ME/CFS Research

June 11, 2020 No Comments

From the desk of Ronald G. Tompkins, MD, ScD OMF Chief Medical Officer When it comes to finding a treatment and curing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome …

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OMF Celebrity Update

May 29, 2020 No Comments

OMF’s 2020 #MayMomentum campaign ends tomorrow. We are humbled by the sheer number of international community members who have come together to support OMF, united …

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Support The End ME/CFS Project!

May 28, 2020 No Comments

Do you count yourself as one of the over 800 members of the international ME/CFS community that are part of Open Medicine Foundation’s 2020 #MayMomentum? …

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OMF Announces New Treatment Trial

May 26, 2020 No Comments

As part of #MayMomentum, Open Medicine Foundation is thrilled to announce a new clinical trial that builds on OMF funded research and shows the interconnected strategies …

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A Powerful Message from Whitney Dafoe

May 20, 2020 No Comments

We are honored to share an excerpt from a message from Whitney Dafoe… “My name is Whitney Dafoe and I have severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue …

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Breaking News – OMF Funded Study: COVID-19 and ME/CFS

May 19, 2020 No Comments

Breaking News OMF Funded Study: COVID-19 and ME/CFS   Against the backdrop of COVID-19, Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) remains focused on finding the answers needed to …

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Actress Jennie Jacques Becomes OMF’s Newest Ambassador

May 13, 2020 No Comments

BREAKING NEWS We are thrilled to announce actress Jennie Jacques as OMF’s newest Celebrity Ambassador! Jennie is an accomplished English actress known for many TV …

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International Awareness Day 2020

May 12, 2020 No Comments

Today, OMF is continuing our momentum as we honor International Awareness Day for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME / CFS) & Fibromyalgia (FM). We have invited our …

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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.