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OMRF discovery could lead to new therapies for MS

March 19, 2018

OMRF researchers found that, in laboratory mice, a particular white blood cell seems to play a key role in MS.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, autoimmune, Axtell, B cell, blood, Bob Axtell, discovery, disease, health, james quinn, lab, laboratory, MS, multipl sclerosis, multiple sclerosis society, national eye institute, newsok, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, paralysis, research, robert, Robert Axtell, scientist-news, scientists, spasms, t-cells, tfh cells, therapies, treatment, tremors, vision loss

OMRF scientist receives grant to study rare autoimmune disorder

September 19, 2017

The National Eye Institute will provide Bob Axtell with $2.8 million to study NMO.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: autoimmune, Axtell, Bob Axtell, devics disease, disease, grant, multiple sclerosis, national eye institute, nei, nig, NMO, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, r01, research, robert, Robert Axtell, science, scientist-news, stanford

Trio of new grants brings $2.7 million to OMRF labs

May 6, 2016

Awards “a testament to the quality of research in Oklahoma”

Filed Under: News, Research News Tagged With: awards, Axtell, bleeding, blood vessels, demyelinating optic neuritis, grants, immune response, immune system, immunity, infection, inflammation, jose alberola-ila, Kincade, leakage, Lijun, Lijun Xia, McEver, national eye institute, national heart lung and blood institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, NIH, Paul, Plafker, Rheal, robert, rodger, Rodger McEver, scientist-news, Scott, Scott Plafker, sepsis, Towner, vascular integrity, vision loss, white blood cells, Xia

Veg Out, See Better?

Illustration: Doug Chayka   We all know regular servings of food from our gardens are important for good health. Now, a new research project at OMRF aims to show how a chemical found in a host of vegetables could help prevent vision loss. With a four-year grant from the National Eye Institute, Dr. Scott Plafker […]

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