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Are we too clean for our own good?

June 25, 2019

Mounting research suggests our quest to be clean might make children sicker, not healthier.

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Oklahoma researchers win $2.16 million grant to use 3D model to study lung virus

November 27, 2018

RSV is the leading cause of viral bronchiolitis and pneumonia worldwide, infecting more than 50 percent of children in their first year of life and nearly 100 percent by age 2.

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New findings cast light on lymphatic system, key player in human health

October 16, 2018

OMRF researchers have broken new ground in understanding how the lymphatic system works.

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Superbugs: Why antibiotic resistance is a fast-growing crisis

October 11, 2017

Antibiotic resistance occurs when a bacteria, fungi, or parasite is no longer curable by medicines previously able to treat them.

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New OMRF findings yield answers for bolstering immune response

January 19, 2015

Studies yield new clues related to blood vessel function and inflammation.

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OMRF scientist makes anthrax discovery

April 25, 2011

Scientist Mark Coggeshall found how anthrax provokes an immune response.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: anthrax, antibodies, bacteria, Coggeshall, immune response, infections, Journal of Immunology, K., scientist-news

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