For many years, researchers believed that stem cells in the bone marrow spent most of their existence in a slumber-like state, unaware of—and unaffected by—the daily battles fought by the body’s immune system. Not so. Scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have discovered that marrow stem cells—undifferentiated cells that eventually give rise to the […]
Diseases
OMRF salutes Oklahoma’s youngest philanthropists with Junior Scientist Day
The white lab coats looked a little baggy. The goggles were a bit loose. But make no mistake about it: The 16 elementary school students who spent Tuesday morning at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation were serious about their science. Whether it was sequencing DNA, learning to pipette or examining tiny organisms through high-powered microscopes, […]
