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 […]
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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 […]
District Attorneys Play Scientists for a Day
On most days, district attorneys worry about things like search warrants, jury instructions and cross-examinations. But on Friday, the biggest concern for a group of ten Oklahoma prosecutors was the contents of a tiny test tube. The district attorneys came from Claremore, Bartlesville, Pawhuska, Sapulpa and across the state to attend a workshop in forensics […]
Kerr Foundation Endows Second OMRF Chair
For the second time in 13 months, a substantial gift from the Kerr Foundation has created a new endowed chair at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The most recent donation will establish the Lou C. Kerr Endowed Chair in Biomedical Research. Robert S. Kerr Jr. made the gift on behalf of the Kerr Foundation in […]
Kerr Foundation Endows Second OMRF Chair
For the second time in 13 months, a substantial gift from the Kerr Foundation has created a new endowed chair at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The most recent donation will establish the Lou C. Kerr Endowed Chair in Biomedical Research. Robert S. Kerr Jr. made the gift on behalf of the Kerr Foundation in […]
Oklahoma Scientist Finds Hope in Space Shuttle Ruins
NASA investigators have recovered a small, battered box that likely contains experiments that a group of scientists, including Oklahoma researcher Dr. Allen Edmundson, sent into space aboard the shuttle Columbia. Edmundson learned of the discovery on Thursday, when he viewed a photo of the container that The New York Times had posted on its website. […]
