As the school year begins, new cases of H1N1 influenza are popping up daily. With children in such close contact with one another, parents are asking: What can we do until a vaccine is ready? How can we protect children from H1N1? Plenty, according to OMRF experts. And most of it is surprisingly simple. “The […]
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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”
Oklahoma woman remembers OMRF with timeless gift
Every moment of every day, clocks were ticking in Frieda Fitzgerald’s home. Wall clocks, desk clocks, cuckoo clocks. They filled the walls and shelves of every room in her house. It was a collection Frieda and her late husband, H. Douglas, worked years to amass. When H. Douglas Fitzgerald’s days ran short—he died in 1989—Frieda, […]
