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OMRF scientist seeks functions of understudied genes

July 13, 2021

OMRF scientist Gaurav Varshney, Ph.D., received a one-year grant to study 21 genes implicated in conditions such as hearing loss, autism and schizophrenia.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: autism, CRISPR, funding, Gaurav, grant, hearing loss, news, newsok, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, research, schizophrenia, science, scientist-news, Varshney

Measles: An old foe returns

February 19, 2019

Measles had virtually vanished from the United States. But thanks to the anti-vaccine movement, outbreaks have returned.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: antivaccine, antivax, autism, CDC, dangerous, death, disease, eliza chakravarty, fake, measles, movement, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, Pneumonia, preventable, stephen prescott, vaccines, World Health Organization

Time for a vaccine wake-up call

September 5, 2018

As the number of unvaccinated children continues to rise, so do the number of cases of preventable diseases.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: antivax, antivaxxers, autism, chikd, childhood, children, consequences, disease, flu, herd immunity, influenza, measles, nationwide, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, Outbreak, pertussis, preventable, reality check, shot, sick, stephen prescott, steve prescott, u.s., vaccinations, vaccine, vaccines, wake up call

Children’s Diseases

Kids aren’t just small adults. Their needs are unique, and diseases can affect them differently.

Research points to possible links between autism and sensitivity to environmental toxins

March 11, 2010

New OMRF study shows susceptibility to mercury, copper, others.

Filed Under: Diseases, Featured News, News Tagged With: autism, environment, Hunter, Rand

For OMRF autism researcher, work is personal

September 16, 2008

Rand knows–and lives–both research and real world of autism

Filed Under: News Tagged With: autism, C. elegans, neuroligin, Rand

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