Growing up, Judith James rarely passed up an episode of Star Trek. From her living room in Pond Creek, the future M.D./Ph.D. sat transfixed as Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise boldly went where no man had gone before. For the future physician and medical researcher, the workings of the […]
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Students wrap up summer of research
While their peers may have spent much of June and July sleeping late and lounging by the pool, for a dozen of Oklahoma’s most talented science students, the summer of 2007 meant donning lab coats and safety goggles in laboratories at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The 12 students, chosen from approximately 100 applicants statewide, […]
Science teachers sharpen skills in OMRF program
A classroom can be a lonely place. Not for students, for teachers. But for eight Oklahoma science teachers, this summer has been anything but solitary. These eight educators were selected to participate in the Foundation Scholar Program at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. So for the last month, they have bonded as colleagues while learning […]
Foresters give to OMRF
The Southern Group of State Foresters has made a donation of $1,700 to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The group presented the check to OMRF at its annual conference in Oklahoma City last month. The nonprofit organization consists of state foresters from Oklahoma, as well as Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, […]
Cross-country biodiesel bus tour comes to Oklahoma
For almost a month, 13 young representatives from the Morris K. Udall Foundation have been traveling the country in a biodiesel-fueled bus, promoting public service. Today they stopped in Oklahoma, where they participated in a Native American health care symposium hosted by the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. Riding in a green-certified biodiesel motor coach, the […]
Anti-aging hope from a creosote bush
Aspirin didn’t pan out. Neither did two other potential anti-aging agents. But a synthetic derivative of a pungent desert shrub is now a front-runner in ongoing experiments to find out if certain chemicals, known to inhibit inflammation, cancer and other destructive processes, can boost the odds of living longer. A new research paper co-authored by […]
