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Home - OMRF News - Archives for autoimmune

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OMRF scientist receives grant to study rare autoimmune disorder

September 19, 2017

The National Eye Institute will provide Bob Axtell with $2.8 million to study NMO.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: autoimmune, Axtell, Bob Axtell, devics disease, disease, grant, multiple sclerosis, national eye institute, nei, nig, NMO, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, r01, research, robert, Robert Axtell, science, scientist-news, stanford

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 Multiple Sclerosis Center wins top MS research award

July 11, 2017

The Scheinberg Award recognizes research excellence in the field of neurorehabiliation in MS.

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Researchers identify gene associated with lupus

May 18, 2017

The gene, NCF1, was known by researchers, but it had not previously been linked to lupus

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OMRF, OBI partner to fight rheumatoid arthritis

May 3, 2017

OBI’s new software system, Bio-Linked, will be used to match willing blood donors with researchers at OMRF to build a volunteer group for StopRA.

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Blood test identifies people at high risk for lupus

April 6, 2017

New research will help physicians better identify blood relatives of lupus patients at risk for developing the disease.

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