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Home - OMRF News - Archives for discovery

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OMRF discovery holds potential for reversing vision loss

October 6, 2020

OMRF scientists have identified a compound that could give birth to therapies for a host of eye diseases.

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OMRF receives $3.5 million to study blood clotting, vessel development

September 15, 2020

The pair of four-year, $1.75 million NIH Research Project Grants, or R01s, will support separate projects.

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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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OCASCR names new scientific director

January 17, 2019

OMRF’s Courtney Griffin succeeds OCASCR’s founding scientific director, Paul Kincade, who is retiring.

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New colon cancer finding could lead to earlier diagnosis—and better outcomes

March 28, 2018

The most common method of screening for colon cancer is a colonoscopy. However, certain cancer-causing polyps can be easily missed during an examination.

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OMRF discovery could lead to new therapies for MS

March 19, 2018

OMRF researchers found that, in laboratory mice, a particular white blood cell seems to play a key role in MS.

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