For six Oklahoma science teachers, this summer has provided the chance to put on different shoes: those of students. The educators, all middle and high-school teachers, were selected from a statewide applicant pool as Foundation Scholars at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. In the four-week program, the teachers work together in an OMRF laboratory, performing […]
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Junior Scientists
Junior Scientists from Putnam City Schools come every year, and we’re always looking forward to it.
OMRF developing promising treatment for brain tumor affecting Kennedy
Compound may shrink gliomas like that affecting Sen. Kennedy
OMRF to host international symposium on heart disease
Top cardiovascular researchers from around the world will converge in Oklahoma City this week to discuss advances and emerging therapies for thrombosis, a primary cause of heart disease. The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, home to some of the world’s experts in this field, will play host to the Thrombosis Symposium on May 29. The event […]
A Glimpse into the Future: Edison High students see careers in science at OMRF
It was a day away from school, but not a day off from learning when students from Tulsa’s Edison Preparatory High School visited the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. About 40 students, part of Edison’s advanced science classes, spent Wednesday afternoon touring OMRF’s world-class facilities and got a closer look at the science that takes a […]
Oklahoma-based cancer test helps stop a killer
It took 14 years for Oklahoma City biotechnology company InterGenetics to research and develop its breast cancer risk assessment test, OncoVue. But less than a year after becoming commercially available, the test has already begun paying dividends to patients. A California oncologist reports that that the test, which has its origins in research conducted at […]
