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OMRF finds clues to reversing heart dysfunction in older adults

August 20, 2020

The risk of heart failure increases as we age. OMRF is investigating why — and whether it can be stopped.

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New OMRF findings shed light on maintaining muscle as we age

March 11, 2019

Age-related muscle loss, called sarcopenia, happens to all of us as we age and is a major cause of disability and loss of independence in the elderly.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: aging, bumsoo ahn, free radicals, hational institutes of health, Holly, Holly Van Remmen, journal of cachexia and skeletal muscle, metabolism, mice, mitochondria, muscle loss, news, newsok, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, oxidative stress, research, researchers, sarcopenia, science, scientist-news, scientists, van remmen, veterans affairs

OMRF discovers new approach to treating obesity

April 4, 2018

The findings could potentially lead to new drugs to help weight loss or combat obesity and associated metabolic disorders.

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Teaching the heart to grow again

June 6, 2014

Researchers want to regrow heart tissue without scarring.

Filed Under: Diseases, Featured News, News, Research News Tagged With: antioxidant, catalase, free radicals, grow, Hashem Sadek, heart, Hille, Kinter, luke szweda, mice, Michael, Mike Kinter, mitochondria, regenerate, repair, scientist-news, tissue, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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