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OMRF receives $2.6 million to study mutations connected to skin diseases

April 11, 2023

Single mutation causes contrasting disease symptoms

Filed Under: News Tagged With: fibrosis, kosaki overgrowth syndrome, Lorin, NIH grant, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Olson, OMRF, PDGF signaling, penttinen syndrome, scientist-news

The Long and Winding Road

From West Bengal, India, to America’s heartland, Dr. Jasim Ahamed’s path to Oklahoma began by the light of a kerosene lamp.

OMRF scientists find a way to heal the heart

October 31, 2016

The findings could lead to new ways to treat patients following a heart attack.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cardiac, circulation, damaged, disease, DNA, energy, fibrosis, function, heal, heart, heart attack, journal, Kinter, luke szweda, Michael, Mike Kinter, nature, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, omr, oxygen, physicians, regenerate, regrow, researchers, scar, science, scientist-news, tissue, trigger

OMRF scientist receives $2.3 million grant to study how wounds heal

October 20, 2016

Olson is looking at why people form scar tissue instead of regenerating.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: fibrosis, grant, growth factor, healing, lab, Lorin, Lorin Olson, molecule, national institute of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, National Institutes of Health, newsok, NIAMS, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Olson, OMRF, organs, pdgf, r01, regenerate, regeneration, research, scar tissue, science, scientist-news, skin, wound healing

Olson, Lorin

Dr. Lorin Olson, OMRF Scientist

“I had a really fantastic eighth-grade biology teacher, Mr. Whitaker. He taught us the coolest things about science, like slime molds and other organisms and how viruses infect bacteria. His descriptions really spoke to me. I was the kid who’d do the regular classwork plus more for extra credit. It was easy to do all […]

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