Science education doesn’t get much more “real world” than a day at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. That was the experience of 33 elementary, middle and high school students from Putnam City Schools during OMRF’s annual Junior Scientist Day. Outfitted with goggles and lab coats, the science-minded students spent time Friday and Monday working with […]
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Getting a Closer Look: Youth Leadership Exchange students see science in 3-D
It was a day away from school, but not a day off from learning when a dozen students from across Oklahoma County visited the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The students, part of the Youth Leadership Exchange, spent an afternoon touring OMRF’s world-class facilities and got a closer look at the science that takes a closer […]
Teaching an old drug new tricks
When Dr. Charles Esmon began studying activated protein C in the 1970s, he never imagined his work would lead to a pair of life-saving drugs. “Back then, we didn’t even know what activated protein C did in the body,” said the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist. “Our goal was to figure it out.” Figure it […]
OMRF provides glimpse of future for UCO students
It was crystallography, not a crystal ball, which gave some University of Central Oklahoma students a look into the future. A group of UCO chemistry students toured the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Friday and found their current studies might be a sign of careers to come. Senior members of the Chemistry Club got an up-close […]
Noble Foundation donates $6 million to OMRF
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation has made a gift of $6 million to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, the two foundations announced today. The gift, to be paid out in three annual installments of $2 million through 2010, will go toward construction of a new research tower at OMRF. That construction is expected to begin […]
OMRF scientist finds genetic link between X chromosome and lupus
Scientists have long known that the autoimmune disease lupus disproportionately strikes women. And though they have searched for a genetic link between the disease and the X chromosome—women carry two, while men carry only one—they’ve not found one. Until now. Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist Amr Sawalha, M.D., has discovered an association between a gene […]
