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Seeing double: OMRF adds second research MRI
In 2004, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation opened the state’s first small-animal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) facility. With an investment of $3.75 million to build the facility, recruit a director and purchase a 10,000-pound magnet, OMRF knew it was taking a chance. Four years later, that risk has paid off: Researchers from institutions across the […]
Memory, depression, insomnia—and worms?
Microscopic organisms help researchers make important discoveries
Reckless Driving: OMRF discovers gene variant that “cuts the brakes” on immune system in lupus patients
Your immune system may have more in common with a Corvette than you thought. When a virus or bacteria enters a human body, the immune system revs up to fight and expel the invader. Once the invader is gone, the body puts on the brakes to stop the immune response. But a new study by […]
Texas gridiron star tackling lupus research in Oklahoma City
When he crossed the Red River to play football at Oklahoma’s Langston University a year ago, James Harding, Jr., expected to meet his most formidable foes on the playing field. Unfortunately, his toughest opponents were lurking inside his own body—diseases that would rob him of a promising athletic career and change every day of his […]
Southwest Covenant grad spending summer in research lab at OMRF
Benjamin Pittman could have spent his summer reading, traveling or just enjoying some much-needed free time after his junior year at the United States Naval Academy. But when he landed a Presidential Scholarship and the opportunity to do hands-on biomedical research instead, he jumped at the chance. “This experience has been much more than I […]
