Thanks to a recent donation from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Cameron University students will have the tools necessary to conduct cutting-edge genetic research alongside leading scientists this fall. OMRF, which has garnered international attention for its research on Alzheimer’s disease, lupus and other diseases and disorders, has donated two automated DNA sequencers to Cameron’s […]
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OMRF and Lilly announce collaboration
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) are pleased to announce that they have resolved a lawsuit pending between them in federal court in Oklahoma City involving Lilly’s life saving drug, Xigris®. The terms of the settlement are confidential but it will enable OMRF and Lilly to continue to collaborate […]
OMRF Scientist Receives Grant to Study Effects of Aspartame on Sickle Cell Anemia
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist Dr. Carl Manion has received a $121,000 grant from the American Heart Association to study the effects of the sweetener aspartame on sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease in which the red blood cells – normally doughnut-shaped – become crescent shaped. In preliminary pharmacological studies, Manion […]
OMRF Honors Researchers and Board Member Welcomes New Board Member
Oklahoma City, April 23, 2003 – At its semiannual board meeting last night, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation presented the Edward L. and Thelma Gaylord Prize for Scientific Achievement to OMRF scientist Paul W. Kincade, Ph.D. Also Tuesday, OMRF honored longtime director H.E. “Gene” Rainbolt, named K. Mark Coggeshall, Ph.D., as the first holder of […]
District Attorneys Play Scientists for a Day
On most days, district attorneys worry about things like search warrants, jury instructions and cross-examinations. But on Friday, the biggest concern for a group of ten Oklahoma prosecutors was the contents of a tiny test tube. The district attorneys came from Claremore, Bartlesville, Pawhuska, Sapulpa and across the state to attend a workshop in forensics […]
Kerr Foundation Endows Second OMRF Chair
For the second time in 13 months, a substantial gift from the Kerr Foundation has created a new endowed chair at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The most recent donation will establish the Lou C. Kerr Endowed Chair in Biomedical Research. Robert S. Kerr Jr. made the gift on behalf of the Kerr Foundation in […]