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Home - OMRF News - Archives for CRISPR

CRISPR

With gene-editing technology, the possibilities are staggering

January 22, 2023

An advancement in gene editing technology is transforming medicine in the lab and the clinic. Where could this technology lead?

Filed Under: On Your Health Tagged With: adam cohen, Andrew Weyrich, andy weyrich, CRISPR, crispr/cas9, gene editing, genetics, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF

OMRF receives $469,000 to study hearing loss

December 29, 2022

Scientist Gaurav Varshney, Ph.D., hopes to pinpoint the responsible genetic variants.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CRISPR, crispr/cas9, DNA regions, Gaurav, hearing loss, scientist-news, Varshney, zebrafish

Bodywork: What is gene therapy?

December 13, 2022

I read about a clinical trial using gene therapy in a group of Alzheimer’s patients. I’ve heard the term a lot, but what, exactly, is gene therapy?

Filed Under: Bodywork Tagged With: alzheimers, CRISPR, DNA, gene editing, genetics, McEver, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, rodger, scientist-news

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

High school student joins OMRF genetic research team

March 2, 2021

At OMRF, OSSM senior Kevin Nguyen is studying MPS1, a gene discovered to be a “master regulator” of cell division.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: bench, cellular, Classen, CRISPR, dawson, Dean, genetics, high school, kevin, molecular, news, newsok, nguyen, nsf, OKC, Oklahoma City, oklahoma mediacal research foundation, oklahoma school of science and mathematics, OMRF, OSSM, research, scientist-news, stem, student

OMRF, Stanford research collaboration awarded $2.6 million in funding

January 21, 2021

OMRF and Stanford have received a four-year grant to use zebrafish to study how small genetic variations can lead to several human diseases.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: california, coding, collaboration, CRISPR, disease, DNA, fish, Gaurav, genes, genetic, human, model, mourrain, news, newsok, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, philippe, region, research, scientist-news, stanford, study, university, Varshney, zebrafish

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