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Home - OMRF News - Archives for NMO

NMO

New findings could improve clinical care for a rare disease

June 9, 2020

The illness affects about 4,000 Americans, 80 percent of whom are women.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: autoimmune, Axtell, biomarkers, disease, expression, gene, nature communications, neuromyelitis optica, NMO, optica, robert, scientist-news, therapy, treatment

Searching for light in the darkness

February 25, 2020

Mustang woman lives with rare autoimmune disease

Filed Under: News Tagged With: autoimmune disease, blindness, Bob Axtell, Gabriel Pardo, Leah Campbell, multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, NMO, paralysis

Girl Interrupted

Leah Campbell lost her sight to an unknown illness. Then it stole her ability to move. Could doctors stop the mystery disease before it took her life?   Leah Campbell’s days begin about the time the sun rises. After waking and having breakfast, she answers dozens of emails. Often, she composes just as many new […]

OMRF receives $2.8 million grant to study rare disorder

August 23, 2018

The grant will provide Bob Axtell with $2.8 million to study NMO and investigate its similarities to other autoimmune diseases, particularly MS.

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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.

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New OMRF grant to investigate rare autoimmune disease

December 8, 2016

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

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