On May 6, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation will host the 2006 Women, Wealth and Wellness Conference. The event, which will provide women with strategies for improving their physical health and financial future, runs from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at OMRF, 825 NE 13. The conference will address such topics as balancing a family […]
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Young scientists spend day researching in OMRF laboratories
Some of them needed stools to peer through the microscopes. Others had to double-roll the sleeves on their lab coats. But these minor inconveniences didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the 17 Putnam City School District elementary students who spent Thursday morning in the labs of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. “To think that I got […]
OMRF president testifies before Congress about medical research funding
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation President J. Donald Capra, M.D., testified before the United States House of Representatives today. Speaking before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, Capra urged Congress to increase medical research funding. Specifically, he advocated for increases in the budgets of the National Institutes of Health and […]
Thalidomide offers promise against Lou Gehrig’s disease, OMRF researcher finds
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 […]
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 […]
