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Discovery casts light on workings of the immune system

May 23, 2019

The discovery could lead to new therapeutic approaches to a wide range of illnesses, including asthma, inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis.

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New OMRF grant will study immune cell linked to asthma

August 4, 2016

The role of the new cell is to protect the body from parasitic infection.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: asthma, bone marrow, CDC, discovery, funding, grant, immune cell, infection, innate lymphoid cell, National Institutes of Health, newsok, NIAID, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, r01, research, science, scientist-news, Sun, t-cells, thymus, Xiao-Hong, xiao-hong sun

Surviving springtime in the ‘windy city’

March 24, 2015

OKC, Tulsa rank among nation’s worst for spring allergies.

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A Breath of Fresh Air

Using 3D Models to Tackle Respiratory Illness Respiratory syncytial virus is the leading cause of pneumonia worldwide. It takes a particularly heavy toll on children, infecting more than half in the first year of life and nearly 100 percent by age 2. “RSV causes more frequent and more severe infections in infants, compared to adults, […]

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