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Istook, NIH Director Announce $30 Million for OK Biomedical Research

June 29, 2004

Congressman Ernest Istook (R-OK) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Elias Zerhouni today announced two major grants for Oklahoma medical research totaling almost $30 million.  A $17.95-million grant was announced for the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC), plus a$12-million grant for the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF). These grants will involve researchers […]

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OMRF Welcomes 49th Class of Fleming Scholars

June 8, 2004

This week, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation welcomes 14 of the state’s most gifted high school and college science students to its 49th class of Sir Alexander Fleming Scholars. The students, who hail from across the state, will spend the next eight weeks in OMRF’s labs, working under the direction of senior OMRF scientists. The […]

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OMRF patents potential treatments for diabetes, obesity

May 17, 2004

The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has patented a method of reducing insulin resistance that could lead to treatments for the most common form of diabetes. OMRF has also received a related patent for showing how a hormone causes fat to metabolize, triggering weight loss. The first patent, jointly issued to OMRF and to the Eleanor […]

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Jenks students wage personal war on cancer

April 28, 2004

The second annual Trojan Heroes Among Us Jog-a-thon to fight cancer will take place Friday evening. The event will be held at the Jenks High School track from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and will serve as a fundraiser for cancer research at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The jog-a-thon is the brainchild of two Jenks […]

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Kim Henry, four others to join OMRF board

April 13, 2004

At its semiannual board meeting this evening, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation will add Oklahoma First Lady Kim Henry and four others to its board of directors.  Joining Henry as new board members will be Gary Pierson, Dave Lopez and Jerome Holmes of Oklahoma City and Gregory Walton, M.D., of Enid. Also this evening, OMRF […]

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Eli Lilly and Company endows two chairs at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation with $6 million gift

April 6, 2004

Research at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) will receive a major boost with a $6 million gift from Eli Lilly and Company.  OMRF will use the gift from the Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical company to create a pair of endowed faculty chairs – the Eli Lilly Chairs in Biomedical Research. For more than two decades, Lilly […]

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