Open Medicine Foundation

[4][3][1] Tannenbaum has said, "For a long time, the medical world didn’t feel ME/CFS was a real disease," and advocates for increased federal research funding.

[2] In 2018, the OMF received a donation of $5 million in Bitcoin from the anonymous founder of the Pineapple Fund.

[2] Research has included investigations into T-cells and immunological genes, analyses of muscle and other tissues, a study on families of patients, an attempt to develop a nanoneedle-based blood test for ME/CFS, studies on the density and deformability of blood cells compared to healthy controls, work on mitochondrial function, and investigation of potential altered metabolism in people with ME/CFS.

[2] OMF maintains a patient registry (StudyME) to help researcher find participants for their studies.

[8] Linda Tannenbaum is CEO and president, while geneticist Ron Davis heads the scientific advisory board.