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OMRF receives $1.4 million to study cell division

March 25, 2021

OMRF scientist Dean Dawson received a four-year grant to study chromosomes and the cellular processes that organize them during cell division.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: aneuploidy, birth defects, chromosome, chromosomes, dawson, Dean, funding, grant, NIGMS, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, scientist-news

OMRF awarded $13.1 million federal grant for metabolism research

February 4, 2021

The funding will establish the Center for Cellular Metabolism Research in Oklahoma and supports five junior researchers.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alberola-Ila, award, Bieniasz, cellular, Chi, COBRE, core, funding, Gorman, grant, Griffin, Jacquelyn, José, Lee, Lijun, Magdalena, McEver, Meng, metabolism, milliom, National Institutes of Health, NIGMS, NIH, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, Pengchun, research, scientist-news, Timothy, Xia, Yu, Zhao

OMRF findings pave way for better treatment options for Sjögren’s patients

January 16, 2020

The findings will allow for more targeted treatment approaches.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ACE, autoimmune, cells, centers of excellence, Chakravarty, condition, disease, Eliza, foundation, glands, guthridge, immune, James, Joel, Judith, Kathy, kerr, moisture, newsok, NIAMS, NIGMS, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, rheumatology, scientist-news, sivils, Sjogren's, syndrome, target, therapy, treatment, trigger

OMRF scientists discover potential therapeutic target for lymphedema

December 11, 2019

Lymphedema is a disease characterized by dramatic and painful swelling in the limbs that often leads to infections.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: alzheimers, american heart association, development, gata2, grant, lymphatic, lymphedema, microrna, money, news, newsok, NHLBI, NIGMS, ocast, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, research, RNA, Sathish, science, scientist-news, Srinivasan, vasculature

OMRF findings could improve individualized lupus treatment options

September 16, 2019

The findings will help push clinicians closer to personalized medicine for lupus sufferers.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: autoimmune, guthridge, James, Joan, Joel, Judith, lupus, Merrill, news, newsok, NIAID, NIAMS, NIGMS, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, scientific reports, scientist-news, therapy

OMRF makes potential heart failure breakthrough

April 18, 2019

Scientists at OMRF have made new findings that could pave the way for the first drug to treat aortic stenosis.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Ahamed, aortic stenosis, damage, disease, drug, failure, heart, jasim ahamed, jasimuddin, McEver, medical, medicine, news, newsok, NHLBI, NIGMS, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, research, rodger, Rodger McEver, scar tissue, science, scientist-news, tgf beta. valve, therapy, treatment

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