The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation announced today that its Oklahoma Science Project has received a grant for $538,650 from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The project provides public high school science teachers from around the state with laboratory training and experience at OMRF and ongoing mentoring after they return to their classrooms. “The Oklahoma Science […]
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OMRF to Host Statewide Huntington’s Disease Conference
On Saturday, June 21, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation will host the Huntington’s Disease Oklahoma Family Conference. The conference, which is sponsored by the Oklahoma Chapter of the Huntington’s Society of America, will be Oklahoma’s first statewide Huntington’s gathering since 1999. Huntington’s disease is a fatal hereditary brain disease for which there is no known […]
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation donates advanced DNA sequencers to Cameron University
Thanks to a recent donation from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Cameron University students will have the tools necessary to conduct cutting-edge genetic research alongside leading scientists this fall. OMRF, which has garnered international attention for its research on Alzheimer’s disease, lupus and other diseases and disorders, has donated two automated DNA sequencers to Cameron’s […]
OMRF and Lilly announce collaboration
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) are pleased to announce that they have resolved a lawsuit pending between them in federal court in Oklahoma City involving Lilly’s life saving drug, Xigris®. The terms of the settlement are confidential but it will enable OMRF and Lilly to continue to collaborate […]
OMRF Scientist Receives Grant to Study Effects of Aspartame on Sickle Cell Anemia
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist Dr. Carl Manion has received a $121,000 grant from the American Heart Association to study the effects of the sweetener aspartame on sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease in which the red blood cells – normally doughnut-shaped – become crescent shaped. In preliminary pharmacological studies, Manion […]
OMRF Honors Researchers and Board Member Welcomes New Board Member
Oklahoma City, April 23, 2003 – At its semiannual board meeting last night, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation presented the Edward L. and Thelma Gaylord Prize for Scientific Achievement to OMRF scientist Paul W. Kincade, Ph.D. Also Tuesday, OMRF honored longtime director H.E. “Gene” Rainbolt, named K. Mark Coggeshall, Ph.D., as the first holder of […]