A new study co-authored by an Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist suggests that a once-controversial drug might extend the lives of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the deadly neurological disease also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Kenneth Hensley, Ph.D., a scientist in OMRF’s Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, co-authored the study with […]
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Four new scientists boost OMRF’s research programs
Four scientists from some of the nation’s leading research institutions have joined the faculty of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The new researchers bring additional strength to OMRF’s research in cancer, genetic disorders and immunology. Susannah Rankin, Ph.D., and Dean Dawson, Ph.D., come to OMRF from Boston, where Rankin studied cell division in the Systems […]
New report shows OMRF’s impact on state’s economy
A report released today concludes that the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has an annual impact of $46 million on Oklahoma’s economy. The new study, authored by a pair of the state’s leading economists, also concludes that OMRF is responsible for an estimated 1,061 jobs in Oklahoma—543 directly employed by OMRF and 518 others created as […]
OMRF offering scholarships for science teachers
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is offering scholarships for Oklahoma science teachers to participate in OMRF’s 2006 Foundation Scholar Program. OMRF is accepting applications through March 15 for scholarships to the four-week summer course, which helps teachers build their classroom curriculum through hands-on laboratory work. The program, Living Chemistry, provides middle and high school science […]
OMRF receives $100,000 gift from Kerr-McGee to support education
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has been awarded a $100,000 grant from Kerr-McGee Corp. to establish the Kerr-McGee Biomedical Research Education Endowment at OMRF. The endowment will help fund a pair of educational programs — OMRF’s Sir Alexander Fleming Scholar Program and its Graduate Student Scholarship Program. “Our sons and daughters shouldn’t have to leave […]
Leading HIV researcher to visit OMRF
The doctor who co-discovered HIV (the human immunodeficiency virus) will visit the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation on March 8 and deliver the keynote address at an OMRF dinner that evening. Robert Gallo, M.D., who made his watershed discovery in the early 1980s, will come to OMRF as part of the Oklahoma AIDS Care Fund Endowed […]
