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Home - OMRF News - Archives for genetics

genetics

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

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

Bodywork: Can high cholesterol have roots in DNA?

April 12, 2022

I’m 35, I lost 60 pounds, eat a Mediterranean diet and exercise daily. Yet, at my physical last month, my cholesterol was still high. Can this be genetic?

Filed Under: Bodywork Tagged With: cholesterol, diet, genetics, health, hereditary, McEver, nutrition, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, rodger, scientist-news

OMRF, Harvard receive $4.1 million to study genetic causes of lupus

May 27, 2021

The NIH has awarded OMRF and Harvard $4.1 million to investigate the role of genetics in the development of lupus.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: autoimmune, buenrostrso, disease, Gaffney, genetics, harvard, jason, lupus, National Institutes of Health, news, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, patrick, scientist-news

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

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