Reviewed by Dr Chris Armstrong, senior author and director of the Melbourne ME/CFS Collaboration, University of Melbourne. For decades, hormone studies in ME/CFS and Long COVID have produced conflicting results. A 2026 review led from
Earlier this week we shared MELOPIS, and what it’s starting to find about the brain in ME/CFS. Today, we want to take you inside a different piece of the program: TOTEM. For most people with
Research Update · Melbourne The brain that feels stuck is starting to show why Last week we shared a dispatch from Adelaide. This week, we’re back in Melbourne, with new findings from MELOPIS, and a
In case you missed it, Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) has recently launched Clinical Trials Network (CTN) Lite—a streamlined research model enabling us to launch decentralised precision medicine treatment trials. The first step in launching this
Some weeks, the science is in the lab. Last week, it was on the conference floor in Adelaide, where OMF Australia sponsored Converge 2026, the Australian POTS Foundation’s annual conference. The Foundation does exceptional work
Coming Together for Research & Collaboration At the end of May, Open Medicine Foundation’s Founder and CEO, CRC Directors, and VP of Research Programs all attended the 2026 Invest in ME Research Conference in Cambridge,
Research in the youngest patients with ME/CFS Last week, we shared where the research is heading next. Today, we want to take you inside one of the projects already helping shape that future. Children and
Earlier this month, we marked ME/CFS Awareness Day with the community. Thank you for everything you do to help keep these diseases, and the people living with them, visible. Today, we want to share where
As we close another year of progress toward effective treatments for ME/CFS and Long COVID, we want to share with you what your support has made possible Click the image to read the interactive e-zine.
Show solidarity with the ME/CFS community on Awareness Day. Today, we make ME/CFS visible. On International ME/CFS Awareness Day, we honour the millions of people around the world living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
For multi-system chronic complex diseases like ME/CFS and Long COVID, no single laboratory, dataset, or discipline can capture the whole picture alone. Through our Collaborative Approach to Systems Research model, Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) brings
During ME/CFS Awareness Month, we’re sharing stories of people whose lives have been profoundly disrupted by ME/CFS. Today, we share Melissa’s story. Before becoming unwell, Melissa lived a full and active life. She describes herself
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