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Home - OMRF News - Archives for muscle loss

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OMRF researchers receive $1.3 million in VA funding for aging research

October 9, 2019

Holly Van Remmen and Tim Griffin received VA funding to focus on a pair of diseases prevalent in aging veterans.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: age related, Griffin, Holly, merit review, muscle loss, oa, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, osteoarthritis, sarcopenia, scientist-news, Timothy, VA, van remmen, veteran affairs, veterans

OMRF scientist uncovers clues about age and muscle loss

September 4, 2019

OMRF’s findings could lead to new strategies to combat age-related muscle loss.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: age, aging, aging and metabolism, Benjamin, cachexia, elderly, independence, injury, Miller, mobility, muscle, muscle loss, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, public health, research, sarcopenia, science, scientist-news, university of iowa

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 postdoc receives national aging reward

February 8, 2018

OMRF scientist Rizwan Qaisar has been awarded an Irene Diamond Fund/AFAR Postdoctoral Transition Award in Aging.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: afar, aging, american federation for aging research, award, flexible, Holly, Holly Van Remmen, irene diamond fund, jeremy walston, muscle loss, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, postdoc, postdoctoral transition award in aging, reward, rizwan qaisar, sarcopenia. research, science, scientist-news, selection committee, van remmen

OMRF researcher receives Alzheimer’s grant

November 7, 2017

An OMRF scientist has received a grant to investigate a potential link between Alzheimer’s and age-related muscle loss.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: age, aging, alzheimers, center, dementia, disease, health, Holly, Holly Van Remmen, muscle loss, nathan shock, news, newsok, nia, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, old, OMRF, OUHSC, pathology, research. grant, sarcopenia, scientist-news, study, VA, van remmen, veterans

A case of the curiosities: Solving the mysteries of aging, one question at a time

February 14, 2017

OMRF’s Holly Van Remmen is well served by her inquisitiveness.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: age, aging, american aging association, arlan richardson, biological, biology, denham harman award, Holly, Holly Van Remmen, Lou Gehrig's disease, mentor, metabolism, muscle degeneration, muscle loss, OKC, Oklahoma City, oklahoma health sciences center, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, old, OMRF, OUHSC, prize, program, research, san antonio, science, scientist-news, study, van remmen

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