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OMRF scientist shows potential ALS, traumatic brain injury link

August 11, 2015

Evidence shows TBI could worsen effects of Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ALS, battle, CDC, concussion, diagnosed, football, Holly, Holly Van Remmen, injury, linked, lous gehrig's disease, mice, neurodegenerative, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, ph.d., related, scientist-news, sports, tbi, traumatic brain injury, van remmen, war

For OMRF researcher, ice bucket challenge a real splash

August 28, 2014

Awareness, says scientist, will help fuel search for treatments

Filed Under: Diseases, News Tagged With: aging, ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Holly, Holly Van Remmen, ice bucket challenge, Lou Gehrig's disease, scientist-news, van remmen

Aging and muscle loss targets for new OMRF researcher

December 18, 2013

Dr. Van Remmen brings neuromuscular expertise to the foundation.

Filed Under: Featured News, News Tagged With: aging, ALS, Free Radical, Holly, Holly Van Remmen, luke szweda, neuromuscular, oxidative stress, recruiting, sarcopenia, scientist-news, van remmen

Tracking ALS could open new avenues for treatment

August 15, 2013

Scientists are using MRI to follow the path of free radicals in ALS.

Filed Under: Diseases, News, Research News Tagged With: advanced magnetic resonance center, ALS, Florea Lupu, free radicals, kenneth hensley, Lou Gehrig's disease, magnetic resonance imaging, Melinda West, Rheal, rheal towner, scientist-news, Towner

OMRF scientists share research and hope with patients and caregivers

May 11, 2009

Sometimes, a little hope is all you need. And hope is what the 15 Oklahoma patients, caregivers and Muscular Dystrophy Association physicians and staff who visited OMRF Friday got when they spoke with scientists about new research and discoveries that hold hope for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a form of muscular dystrophy. […]

Filed Under: Diseases, News Tagged With: ALS, Gehrig, Kincade, muscular dystrophy, Paul, Rand, scientist-news

This Is My Brain on 3-Tesla MRI

By Adam Cohen “That’s not good,” Dr. James Brewer says to me. I blink, shifting my eyes from the watery blue of the Pacific Ocean to Brewer’s worried face. We’re sitting on the deck of a restaurant perched a few hundred feet above the water, our half-finished bowls of pasta warmed by the California sun. […]

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