The National Institutes of Health has awarded two grants worth a total of $26.3 million to OMRF for research into anthrax and to help train new scientists. Each grant will allow scientists to continue research started in 2004 and 2005 and keep them working through 2014 on several interconnected projects. In the first project, a $14.5 […]
Diseases
Increased oxygen exposure may speed Alzheimer’s
An elderly patient goes into the hospital for routine surgery. Months later, doctors diagnose her with Alzheimer’s disease. Is this just a coincidence? No, suggests research from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Vanderbilt University and the University of South Florida. In a new study, the scientists found evidence that exposure to high concentrations of oxygen may trigger […]
OMRF scientists cast new light on cancer-related genes
Findings offer clues about stopping breast cancer, leukemias
OMRF wins $10 million grant to study lupus
OMRF has received a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the autoimmune disease lupus. The five-year award comes from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the NIH. The grant will support research on the genetic origins of lupus, which affects up to an estimated 2 million Americans […]
OMRF researchers link vitamin D deficiency with lupus
Vitamin D has long been renowned for its role in creating strong bones. But research from OMRF suggests that the vitamin could also play an early role in autoimmune diseases such as lupus. OMRF researcher Judith James, M.D., Ph.D., and Lauren Cole, a graduate student in James’s lab, have found that in people who are […]
New lupus treatment shows promise
Researcher calls new drug “greatest thing in 50 years”
