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Lessard

Sjögren’s Foundation awards $150,000 to OMRF

September 7, 2023

Grant will expand genetics research related to the autoimmune disease

Filed Under: News Tagged With: christopher, genetic risk, Lessard, scientist-news, Sjögren, Sjögren's foundation

OMRF honors scientists, adds board members

May 26, 2023

Longtime board member William Hawley, M.D., receives Distinguished Service Award

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Benjamin, christopher, Distinguished Service Award, Edward L. & Thelma Gaylord Prize for Scientific Excellence, Fred Jones Award for Scientific Achievement, J. Donald & Patricia H. Capra Award for Scientific Achievement, Lessard, m.d., Merrick Award for Outstanding Research, Miller, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, robert, Sathish, scientific awards, scientist-news, Scofield, Srinivasan, William Hawley

OMRF-led study sheds new light on genetic risk factors contributing to Sjögren’s disease

July 28, 2022

Researchers doubled known genetic risk regions for the condition

Filed Under: News Tagged With: christopher, darise farris, Lessard, Oklahoma Sjögren’s Research Clinic, scientist-news, Sjogren's, Sjögren’s Genetics Network, study volunteers

OMRF receives $3.7 million for autoimmune disease research

October 8, 2020

OMRF scientist Christopher Lessard received a five-year grant to identify genes associated with Sjögren’s syndrome.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: autoimmune, christopher, disease, dry, dryness, eyes, funding, genetics, grant, Lessard, mouth, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, scientist-news, Sjogren's, syndrome

OMRF launches new genetics research program

April 1, 2019

The new Genes and Human Disease Research Program will broaden OMRF’s investigation into genetic mechanisms in various diseases.

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Researchers identify gene associated with lupus

May 18, 2017

The gene, NCF1, was known by researchers, but it had not previously been linked to lupus

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