For 33 years, the students, parents and teachers of the Putnam City School District have made cancer Public Enemy No. 1. If there’s a way to raise money, Putnam City has done it; from carnivals to bake sales to door-to-door fund drives. This year, the schools have added another weapon to the arsenal—a 5-kilometer run/walk. […]
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Fighting the Good Fight: Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW teams with OMRF in battle against cancer
Over the course of a year, the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars rolls pennies, packages pastries and collects funds to donate to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. At its annual fall festival conference last month, the group presented OMRF with a check for $7,983 to fund cancer research. This represents the 40th […]
A Deadly Mix-Up: OMRF study zeroes in on culprit behind fatty liver disease in obese Oklahomans
A new study from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has found a potential cause of fatty liver disease, a condition linked to obesity that can lead to cirrhosis of the liver and an increased risk of liver cancer. In a study published in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, OMRF scientist Lijun […]
Tournament raises funds and hope for OMRF cancer research
With 48 fishermen at Foss Lake for the 23rd annual Frank Wohl Memorial Bass Fishing Tournament last weekend, someone was bound to land a big fish. But the biggest winner was cancer research at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, which will receive about $1,200 raised by the event. The event was started in 1986 to […]
Reeling in Hope: Frank Wohl Memorial Bass Tournament to raise money for cancer research
Fishermen and women from across Oklahoma are invited to Foss Lake this weekend and cast their lures to support cancer research. Saturday’s 23rd Frank Wohl Memorial Bass Tournament will benefit the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. Wohl, a fishing enthusiast and businessman from Clinton, died in 1985 of cancer. The tournament was organized the next year […]
The Next Generation OMRF adds new scientists to spur growth, discovery
A new wave of researchers has joined the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation’s scientific staff as part of the foundation’s expansion. OMRF has added seven new scientists to its staff. In addition, two research assistants have been promoted to faculty-level positions. The new researchers have come to OMRF from a variety of institutions across the U.S. […]
