Encore Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (EncorePharma) announced today that it has received a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research award from the National Institutes of Health. The $100,000 grant will further the collaborative research and development efforts between EncorePharma researchers and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientists Robert Floyd, Ph.D., and Kenneth Hensley, Ph.D. The grant will help […]
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OMRF Scientist Endows Chair in Cardiovascular Research
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation announced today that Fletcher B. Taylor, Jr., M.D., who has spent more than two decades as a scientist at OMRF, has endowed a chair at the foundation. Taylor’s gift will establish the Alvin Chang Chair in Cardiovascular Biology. The chair is named in honor of Taylor’s longtime senior research assistant, […]
Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW Tops $99,000 for Cancer Research
On Saturday, the Oklahoma chapter of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars presented a check for $3,502.39 to OMRF. With this gift, the Auxiliary has now donated more than $99,000 to support cancer research at OMRF since the Auxiliary began giving to the foundation in 1971. “These gifts mean a great deal […]
Oklahoma Researchers Show Autoantibodies Occur before Lupus in New England Journal of Medicine Study
In a study published tomorrow in The New England Journal of Medicine, scientists report that in patients suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus (commonly known as lupus), autoantibodies – proteins that the body mistakenly unleashes against its own tissue – are typically present years before patients are diagnosed with the disease. This research by scientists at […]
OMRF Receives $10 Million Grant
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation announced today that it has received a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. “This is yet another important step in the emergence of Oklahoma as a center of biomedical excellence,” said OMRF President Dr. J. Donald Capra. “Five years ago, this state had never seen a $10 […]
Gorbsky Joins OMRF
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation announced today that Gary Gorbsky, Ph.D., has joined OMRF as head of the molecular and cell biology research program. With this addition, OMRF now counts forty-five principal scientists, its highest tally ever. Gorbsky comes to OMRF from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, where he was a professor and […]