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Reasons to Join StudyME

Every year, your support helps OMF to raise millions of dollars for ME/CFS research. This allows us to work closely with scientists around the world …

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Join OMF at the IACFS/ME 2023 Clinical and Scientific Conference

Dear OMF Friends, I am just home from an inspiring and hope-filled experience at this year’s Invest in ME Conference in the UK. What a …

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OMF at the IIMEC15 in England – Empowering ME/CFS Research and Collaboration

OMF is proud to be one of the sponsors of the 15th Invest in ME Research International ME Conference (IIMEC15).

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Final Hours of May Momentum: Your Support Can Make History!

As we reach the final hours of our May Momentum campaign, we at Open Medicine Foundation Canada (OMFCA) are reaching out to remind you of …

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Your Support Matters: Join the final Days of May Momentum

We’ve had a busy month at Open Medicine Foundation Canada (OMFCA). Now in the final days of our annual May Momentum campaign, we are calling …

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Join & Share: Activate Your Network with OMF’s StudyME Social Toolkit

Spread the word about OMF’s StudyME registry with our toolkit! Expedite research for ME/CFS, Long COVID, & other post-infection illnesses. Let’s reach our goal of 100,000 participants.

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Pioneering Research on Sleep Disturbances in ME/CFS & Long COVID

Discover OMF’s innovative research on sleep disturbances in ME/CFS and Long-COVID, aiming to improve understanding and develop effective interventions

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OMF to Attend 15th Invest in ME Research International ME Conference (IIMEC15) in England!

Explore ME/CFS research at IIMEC15, bridging the gap between Long COVID & ME/CFS, May 31-June 2, 2023 in Cambridge

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A decade of ME/CFS: Dave’s Story

Read Dave Olsen’s story: Finding hope & purpose living with ME/CFS in Japan

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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.