Scientists have long studied the process of meiosis, the type of cell division that produces egg and sperm cells. But a full understanding of the process, which is known to play a key role in causing birth defects such as Down syndrome, has remained elusive. Led by Michael Dresser, M.D., Ph.D., a team of scientists […]
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Wake up and smell the coffee
A good cup of coffee might be just the wake-up call scientists need to stop multiple sclerosis. A new study coauthored by Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist Linda Thompson, Ph.D., found that mice immunized to develop an MS-like condition were protected from the disease by drinking caffeine. The research appears in the early online edition […]
Role Reversal: Teachers become students at OMRF
For six Oklahoma science teachers, this summer has provided the chance to put on different shoes: those of students. The educators, all middle and high-school teachers, were selected from a statewide applicant pool as Foundation Scholars at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. In the four-week program, the teachers work together in an OMRF laboratory, performing […]
Can You Hear Me Now? OMRF and Hough Ear Institute develop a promising new approach to prevent hearing loss
OMRF, Hough Ear Institute develop new approach to prevent hearing loss
OMRF cell biologist honored as Oklahoma’s first Pew Scholar
OMRF scientist Susannah Rankin, Ph.D., has been named the state’s first ever Pew Scholar. After a nationwide competition, Rankin, a cell biologist at OMRF, was named Thursday as 1 of 20 2008 Pew Scholars in Biomedical Research by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the University of California at San Francisco. The honor includes a $240,000 […]
The Road to Recovery Saturday’s Star Bike Ride to raise funds for multiple sclerosis research
Nobody ever said fighting a disease couldn’t be fun. Since 2001, DeeAnn Simpson has organized the Eastern Star Bike Ride to increase awareness of multiple sclerosis and to raise funds to research the disease at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. And at this year’s edition of the ride, which takes place on Saturday, Simpson hopes […]
