The NIH has selected OMRF to lead a $58.5 million public-private partnership aimed at developing more effective treatments for autoimmune diseases.
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OMRF receives $2.57 million to study sex-specific differences in disease
NIH grant will fund research into impact of sex hormones and their receptors on chronic diseases.
A Time of Growth
When Dr. William Thurman, above, took the helm of OMRF, he brought the lab coat he’d worn since his days training as a pediatric oncologist. That powder-blue garment, along with the bow ties he favored, would become synonymous with OMRF throughout the 1980s (and most of the 1990s). But his sartorial flourishes would prove the […]
OMRF receives grant for ovarian cancer research
The grant will fund a study of new drug combinations for effectiveness against treatment-resistant ovarian cancer.
OMRF to investigate link between viral infection, autoimmunity
The NIH has awarded OMRF $480,000 to investigate the long-term effects of viral infections on autoimmunity.
OMRF scientist seeks functions of understudied genes
OMRF scientist Gaurav Varshney, Ph.D., received a one-year grant to study 21 genes implicated in conditions such as hearing loss, autism and schizophrenia.
