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Be smart in the sun now to avoid problems later

July 16, 2015

We all know sunburns hurt, but what are the longterm effects of sun exposure?

Filed Under: News Tagged With: aging skin, basal cell, cancer, doctor, effect, exposure, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, research. omrf, side effects, skin cancer, spf, squamous cell, stephen prescott, steve prescott, Sun, sunburn, sunscreen, tan, tanning, vitamin D

Scientist looks at new therapies for pancreatic, liver cancers

July 2, 2015

Scientists are developing at new ways to specifically target tumors.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: agent, cancer, chemotherapy, combination, diagnostic, drugs, liver, liver cancer, MRI, OKC, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, organ, pancreatic, pancreatic cancer, ph.d., pharmaceutical, researcher, Rheal, rheal towner, scientist, scientist-news, theranostic, therapeutic, therapy, Towner

Your best defense in summer heat: common sense

June 25, 2015

Grab a drink, find some shade and pace yourself to avoid heat-related issues.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: alert, blood, common sense, consequences, cool off, defense, doctor, environment, fatigue, headache, health, heat, heat exhaustion, heat stroke, hot, illness, m.d., newsok, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, red, remedy, skin, stay safe, stephen prescott, steve prescott, stroke, summer, Sun, sweat, symptoms, temperature, water

New grant will investigate overlaps in autoimmune diseases

June 23, 2015

OMRF scientist receives grant for promising Sjögren’s research.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Chris Lessard, christopher, genes, glands, grant, Lessard, lupus, million, models, moisture, National Institutes of Health, Nature Genetics, new, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, patients, proteins, r01, scientist-news, Sjogren's syndrome, study

Will record rainfall bring more cases of West Nile?

June 16, 2015

Mosquitoes can transmit up to 1 million viruses in a single bite.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: africa, Alberola-Ila, bites, blood, hot, influenza, José, jose alerberola-ila, Kovats, medicine, mosquito bites, mosquitoes, new york, nigeria, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, rainfall, research, scientist-news, season, standing water, summer, Susan, Susan Kovats, symptoms, treatment, water, West Nile, West Nile virus

OMRF scientists identify protein that could drive colon cancer process

June 10, 2015

Research team’s new findings recently published in Nature Communications.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: baojun chang, cancer, colon cancer, development, hong chen, kandice tessneer, nature communications, nonprofit, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, ph.d., protein, research, role, science, tumor, wnt signaling

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