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Home - OMRF News - Archives for growth

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Eureka Moments

The new millennium began with a bang at OMRF, as Dr. Jordan Tang, above, and his research team identified and cloned the enzyme believed to cause Alzheimer’s disease. Soon after, the OMRF scientists designed an inhibitor that stopped the enzyme in its tracks. The discoveries led to the development of an experimental drug acquired by […]

OMRF receives $2.2 million to study protein’s role in reproduction, cancer

October 1, 2020

OMRF researcher Jian Li received a new grant to investigate the role that a cellular protein called HSF1 plays in cell division and growth.

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Oklahoma teen lives with unique skeletal disorder

December 3, 2019

Sydney Rutz is one in five billion.

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OMRF researchers identify genes that may cause cancer to recur after treatment

December 20, 2017

Cancer often returns after successful therapy, but why?

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OMRF named Oklahoma’s top workplace

December 10, 2017

OMRF takes No. 1 spot in The Oklahoman’s annual Top Workplaces list.

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