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Bodywork: A practical guide to the coronavirus

March 9, 2020

What, exactly, is the coronavirus? How worried do we all need to be? And what practical steps can we take to protect ourselves?

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Full steam ahead: Nationwide crackdown on vaping continues

October 3, 2019

As of Oct. 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed more than 800 instances of lung illness and 14 deaths nationwide.

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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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OMRF receives federal grant to investigate cell death

January 3, 2017

OMRF’s Courtney Griffin is studying a form of cell death called necroptosis.

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OMRF research finds new cystic fibrosis gene

February 25, 2009

 Patients suffering from cystic fibrosis will live only as long as their lungs allow. Cystic fibrosis is an inherited chronic disease that affects about 30,000 children and adults in the United States. A defective gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads to […]

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Presbyterian Health Foundation awards $500,000 to OMRF

December 18, 2007

At its board meeting yesterday, the Presbyterian Health Foundation approved a $500,000 grant to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The award will provide start-up funds for a new OMRF scientist, Dario Ramirez, Ph.D., who will join OMRF from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) this winter. “We are extremely fortunate that the Presbyterian Health Foundation […]

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