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Think you’re Irish? Your genes may say otherwise

March 14, 2017

So what does it mean to be Irish?

Filed Under: News Tagged With: analysis, ancestry, ancient, descended, DNA, doctor, facility, Gaffney, genes, genetics, holiday, ireland, irish, m.d., microbiome, migrants, nonprofit, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, pat, patrick, population, research, russia, russian, saint patrick's day, scientist-news, study, traits

Slimy, squirmy creatures: the unsung heroes of medical research

December 15, 2016

Fish, frogs and worms have become key players in the fight against disease.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: animals, cancer, code, David, david forsthoefel, David Jones, disease, fish, flatworms, Forsthoefel, frogs, functional genomics, genes, genetics, genome, genomics, heart disease, human, injury, institute, Jones, model, models, nonprofit, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, organisms, planarians, Rankin, research, science, scientist-news, sickness, Susannah, worms, zebrafish

Oklahoma researchers find clues to the origins of lupus

March 24, 2016

These new findings could play a key role in tailoring individual lupus treatments.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: autoimmune, biological, biology, blood samples, clues, disease, DNA, elife, Gaffney, genes, genetics, human genome, immunology, James, Judith, lupus, Nath, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, patrick, Patrick Gaffney, research, science, scientist-news, study, Swapan, usc, ut southwestern, variants

OMRF launches initiative in Functional and Chemical Genomics

December 29, 2015

New program will focus on genetic and epigenetic studies of disease.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: adult stem cells, C. elegans, chemical biology, chemical mechanisms, computational analyses, cross-disciplinary, David, David Jones, drosophila, epigenetics, flow cytometry, fruit flies, functional and chemical genomics, genetics, genomics, imaging, Jones, mice, model systems biology, mouse, new program, next-generation DNA sequencing, roundworm, scientist-news, stem cells, therapeutic intervention, yeast, zebrafish

OMRF discovers cargo system that keeps brain cells on the right track

September 10, 2015

OMRF’s Ken Miller is using a simple worm to solve complex questions.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: axons, brain cells, cargo, css, Edmond, genetics, injury, ken miller, kenneth miller, Kincade, nerve cells, neurons, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, organelles, paper, Paul, publication, research, science, scientist-news, vesicles

Does DNA determine happiness?

June 20, 2014

Some genes influence joy, but that’s not the whole story.

Filed Under: Featured News, News Tagged With: 5-HTT, christopher, DNA, dopamine, endorphin, genes, genetics, happiness, Lessard, mutation, oxytocin, scientist-news, serotonin

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