Some amazing news guys...
HANSON, FLUGE AND MELLA
JOIN OMF SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD!
Dr. Davis has invited three additional outstanding scientists to join the OMF Scientific Advisory Board and they have accepted!
These scientists have each made significant contributions to ME/CFS and related fields, and are committed to helping accelerate our research," said Dr. Ronald W. Davis, Director of OMF's Scientific Advisory Board and Director of the Stanford Genome Technology Center.
He added, "Maureen and I have a special, and unfortunate, connection. As parents of severely ill sons, we know this disease firsthand and we recognize the urgency and importance of collaboration to find the cure."
OMF Welcomes Maureen Hanson, PhD!
Dr. Hanson has conducted
groundbreaking molecular analysis of many facets of ME/CFS. She analyzes her data with sophistication and insight. It’s exciting to have such an accomplished top-notch scientist working on this disease.
Dr. Hanson is internationally known for her work on gene expression and cell biology of plant organelles—chloroplasts and mitochondria. About 10 years ago, she began developing a second research program on ME/CFS in order to identify the cause of this understudied disease to help its many victims, including her own son. She has engaged a number of colleagues in collaborative studies on ME/CFS including gene expression in immune cells, mitochondrial DNA variation, the effect of exercise on inflammatory markers and physiology, dysbiosis of the gut microbiome, and metabolomics.
Dr. Hanson is Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Cornell University. She previously was on the Biology faculty at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. She holds a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from Harvard University.
OMF Welcomes Øystein Fluge, MD, PhD and Olav Mella, MD, PhD!
Dr. Fluge (pictured left) and Dr. Mella (pictured right) have been courageous in pursuing the effects of rituximab on ME/CFS patients, when that issue was not the planned focus of their investigation. They have continued to follow where the data lead them into cellular and molecular analyses. This kind of excellent, open-minded science is just what we need in our quest for an end to ME/CFS.pursuing the effects of rituximab on ME/CFS patients when that issue was not the planned focus of their investigation.
Drs. Fluge and Mella, as oncologists, were the first to make the observation that treating an ME/CFS patient for lymphoma with rituximab resulted in considerable improvement of ME/CFS symptoms. Although this was outside of their medical expertise, they have pursued this initial observation with additional ME/CFS patients. They are currently conducting a double blind clinical trial of rituximab on ME/CFS patients. They are also conducting molecular and metabolic analyses of ME/CFS immune cells in order to better understand the causes of the low energy seen in patients.
Dr. Fluge is the Senior Consultant supervising the ME/CFS research group at the Department of Oncology and Medical Physics at the University of Bergen, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Dr. Mella is an adjunct professor working in the same group. They work together on the Norwegian Rituximab and cyclophosphamide trials with ME/CFS patients.
Open Medicine Foundation
Tax ID: 26-4712664
Our Purpose:
OMF believes that working together as partners, in a open and collaborative manner, we will discover answers to help millions of patients around the world.
With our new partners we are expanding our tent and bringing together some of the world's brightest scientists on our Scientific Advisory Board and as research collaborators.
We are expanding our research team and exploring new studies to increase our impact. In the coming months we will share information with you about our strategies and actions.
I invite you to please help spread hope and invite others to join you in supporting OMF. Please tell a friend.
Invite them to donate today and join Team OMF.
Thank you being our partner in finding answers.
With hope,
Linda Tannenbaum
CEO/President
Linda@omf.ngo
Donate Now
to join the Team of HOPE!
Turn Your Online Shopping
Into Donations for Research
Donate your old car, boat or plane
and turn it into $$ to support research.
(Available in the US only)
Create your legacy.
Please consider including OMF in your will & estate plans. Learn more.
We invite the patient community to get involved by sharing with friends and family on Social Media.
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
Please visit our website at
www.omf.ngo
Pretty cool eh?!!
B
HANSON, FLUGE AND MELLA
JOIN OMF SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD!
Dr. Davis has invited three additional outstanding scientists to join the OMF Scientific Advisory Board and they have accepted!
- Dr. Maureen Hanson, Cornell University (New York)
- Dr. Øystein Fluge, University of Bergen, Haukeland University Hospital (Bergen, Norway)
- Dr. Olav Mella, University of Bergen, Haukeland University Hospital (Bergen, Norway).
These scientists have each made significant contributions to ME/CFS and related fields, and are committed to helping accelerate our research," said Dr. Ronald W. Davis, Director of OMF's Scientific Advisory Board and Director of the Stanford Genome Technology Center.
He added, "Maureen and I have a special, and unfortunate, connection. As parents of severely ill sons, we know this disease firsthand and we recognize the urgency and importance of collaboration to find the cure."
OMF Welcomes Maureen Hanson, PhD!
Dr. Hanson has conducted
groundbreaking molecular analysis of many facets of ME/CFS. She analyzes her data with sophistication and insight. It’s exciting to have such an accomplished top-notch scientist working on this disease.
Dr. Hanson is internationally known for her work on gene expression and cell biology of plant organelles—chloroplasts and mitochondria. About 10 years ago, she began developing a second research program on ME/CFS in order to identify the cause of this understudied disease to help its many victims, including her own son. She has engaged a number of colleagues in collaborative studies on ME/CFS including gene expression in immune cells, mitochondrial DNA variation, the effect of exercise on inflammatory markers and physiology, dysbiosis of the gut microbiome, and metabolomics.
Dr. Hanson is Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Cornell University. She previously was on the Biology faculty at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. She holds a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from Harvard University.
OMF Welcomes Øystein Fluge, MD, PhD and Olav Mella, MD, PhD!
Dr. Fluge (pictured left) and Dr. Mella (pictured right) have been courageous in pursuing the effects of rituximab on ME/CFS patients, when that issue was not the planned focus of their investigation. They have continued to follow where the data lead them into cellular and molecular analyses. This kind of excellent, open-minded science is just what we need in our quest for an end to ME/CFS.pursuing the effects of rituximab on ME/CFS patients when that issue was not the planned focus of their investigation.
Drs. Fluge and Mella, as oncologists, were the first to make the observation that treating an ME/CFS patient for lymphoma with rituximab resulted in considerable improvement of ME/CFS symptoms. Although this was outside of their medical expertise, they have pursued this initial observation with additional ME/CFS patients. They are currently conducting a double blind clinical trial of rituximab on ME/CFS patients. They are also conducting molecular and metabolic analyses of ME/CFS immune cells in order to better understand the causes of the low energy seen in patients.
Dr. Fluge is the Senior Consultant supervising the ME/CFS research group at the Department of Oncology and Medical Physics at the University of Bergen, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Dr. Mella is an adjunct professor working in the same group. They work together on the Norwegian Rituximab and cyclophosphamide trials with ME/CFS patients.
Open Medicine Foundation
Tax ID: 26-4712664
Our Purpose:
- To fast-track revolutionary research for ME/CFS and related chronic complex diseases.
- To support collaborative scientific research to discover molecular causes, find effective treatments, diagnostic markers, prevention approaches and cures.
- To communicate, engage and inform the patient community.
- To help drive & support global collaboration
OMF believes that working together as partners, in a open and collaborative manner, we will discover answers to help millions of patients around the world.
With our new partners we are expanding our tent and bringing together some of the world's brightest scientists on our Scientific Advisory Board and as research collaborators.
We are expanding our research team and exploring new studies to increase our impact. In the coming months we will share information with you about our strategies and actions.
I invite you to please help spread hope and invite others to join you in supporting OMF. Please tell a friend.
Invite them to donate today and join Team OMF.
Thank you being our partner in finding answers.
With hope,
Linda Tannenbaum
CEO/President
Linda@omf.ngo
Donate Now
to join the Team of HOPE!
Turn Your Online Shopping
Into Donations for Research
Donate your old car, boat or plane
and turn it into $$ to support research.
(Available in the US only)
Create your legacy.
Please consider including OMF in your will & estate plans. Learn more.
We invite the patient community to get involved by sharing with friends and family on Social Media.
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
Please visit our website at
www.omf.ngo
Pretty cool eh?!!
B