Members of the Masonic Fraternity of Oklahoma visited OMRF Tuesday to donate $1 million to fund a lab dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease research. The check, from the Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahoma, was presented on behalf of the state’s 30,000 Freemasons by Grand Master Richard Massad and Kenneth R. House, President of the Charity Foundation. […]
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American Association for the Advancement of Science selects OMRF scientist as Fellow
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist Jordan J.N. Tang, Ph.D., has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The announcement will appear in the December 19 edition of the journal Science. This year Tang is among 486 individuals honored nationally as a Fellow by AAAS because of their scientifically […]
OMRF Alzheimer’s drug completes first stage of clinical testing
Scientists now one step closer to drug for Alzheimer’s disease
An Alzheimer’s vaccine?
OMRF study shows that immunization could slow or prevent the disease
Human trials begin for OMRF-based Alzheimer’s drug
Trial to evaluate body’s ability to tolerate and metabolize the drug
Alzheimer’s & Diseases of Aging
Growing older is a fact of life, but everyone wants to spend their “golden” years healthy and productive. But along with extra candles on the birthday cake comes a higher risk of developing diseases like Alzheimer’s, sarcopenia (muscle wasting), hearing loss and vision problems like age-related macular degeneration. Scientists at OMRF study these and other […]
