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Bodywork: An introduction to the gut microbiome

February 28, 2023

I’ve heard products advertising their benefits for “gut health.” What exactly is that, and how would I even know if my gut is healthy – or not?

Filed Under: Bodywork Tagged With: adam cohen, bacteria, gut health, McEver, microbiome, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, rodger, scientist-news

OMRF scientist receives VA grant for osteoarthritis, microbiome research

January 31, 2023

Studies could lead to new OA treatment strategy

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cartilage microbiome, jeffries, matlock, microbiome, oa, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, osteoarthritis, scientist-news

2020 Annual Report: From Bedside to Bench

First a physician, Dr. Lijun Xia has become a research star As a young physician in China, Dr. Lijun Xia treated people with life-threatening blood diseases. But few medications existed to help the people he cared for, and over time, the hematologist grew frustrated. “I wanted to do better for my patients, to give them […]

A Mistake That Paid Off

Checking the wrong box changed the future of OMRF’s newest rheumatologist.

OMRF discoveries reshape understanding of gut microbiome

October 22, 2020

OMRF scientists have redefined how the gut microbiome operates and how our bodies coexist with some of the 100 trillion bacteria that make it up.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: antibiotic, balance, colon, disease, fecal, feces, genome, gut, health, human, Kirk Bergstrom, Lijun, mice, microbiome, microbiota, mucus, National Institutes of Health, news, newsok, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, Prescott, publication, science, scientist-news, stephen, Stephenson Cancer Center, steve, tset, Xia

OMRF welcomes new rheumatologist

August 3, 2020

As a physician-scientist, Matlock Jeffries will maintain a lab focused on osteoarthritis and will see patients in the foundation’s Rheumatology Center of Excellence.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: aci, arthritis, care, center, center of excellence, clinic, clinical, clinical immunology, epigenetics, jeffries, matlock, microbiome, oa, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, osteoarthritis, OUHSC, patient, rheumatologist, rheumatology, scientist-news

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