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Home - OMRF News - Archives for National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease

OMRF awarded two new grants to study lupus genes

October 18, 2018

Two grants will enable OMRF scientists to examine genes thought to play a role in lupus.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: arthritis, autoimmune, biomedical, clinical, disease, genes, genetic, grant, guthridge, immunology, Joel, Joel Guthridge, lupus, lupus foundation, minority, Nath, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, national institututes of health, newsok, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, research, risk factors, scientific, scientist-news, sick, staff, Swapan, Swapan Nath

New OMRF grant to investigate rare autoimmune disease

December 8, 2016

OMRF has received $646,000 to study the genetic origins of NMO.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: autoimmune, Axtell, blind, Bob Axtell, Chris Lessard, christopher, disease, eye, funding, Gabriel Pardo, grant, Lessard, MS, MS Center of Excellence, multiple sclerosis, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, neuromyelitis optica, news, newsok, NIAID, NMO, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, rare, research, robert, science, scientist-news

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

Oklahoma’s first Autoimmune Disease Prevention Center

July 12, 2012

Scientists are working on ways to predict and avert autoimmune diseases

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, autoimmune, autoimmune disease, Autoimmune Disease Prevention Center, autoimmunity, grant, immune system, James, Judith, Judith James, lupus, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, NIH, OMRF, scientist-news

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