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Home - OMRF News - Archives for African Americans

African Americans

A Battle That Never Ends

Renita Lewis fights lupus, which takes an outsized toll on African Americans.

A battle that never ends

June 16, 2020

According to the Lupus Foundation of America, more than 1.5 million Americans suffer from the disease.

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International study reveals 24 new genes associated with lupus

July 19, 2017

These findings will help scientists understand how to better diagnose and treat the disease.

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OMRF receives $1.1 million to continue study of rare immune condition

September 28, 2015

The additional funding will aid in better understanding the roots of sarcoidosis.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: African Americans, baylor, bioinformatics, blacks, cener, computers, Courtney, Courtney Montgomery, data, DNA, grant, granulomas, houston, math, Montgomery, NIH, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, sarcoidosis, scientist-news, statistics, supplemental, wgs, whole genome sequencing

Three new grants bring $5.1 million to OMRF and Oklahoma

October 7, 2014

New funding streams will launch studies in cancer, influenza and lupus.

Filed Under: Diseases, News Tagged With: African Americans, cancer, Gary, gary gorbsky, Gorbsky, influenza, Kovats, lupus, Nath, scientist-news, Susan, Susan Kovats, Swapan, Swapan Nath

Genetics show possible explanation for lupus disparity

March 14, 2013

Findings may show why lupus risk is higher in African Americans

Filed Under: Diseases, News, Research News Tagged With: admixture mapping, African Americans, ancestry, genetic ancestry, genetics, IFIH1, lupus, lupus genetics, Nath, PLOS Genetics, scientist-news, Swapan, Swapan Nath

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