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P-selectin

A Sickle Cell Milestone

New drug with OMRF roots reduces pain in sickle cell disease.

FDA approves new sickle cell drug with Oklahoma roots

November 18, 2019

Adakveo significantly reduces pain crises in sickle cell patients.

Filed Under: News, Technology Ventures News Tagged With: Adakveo, FDA, FDA approval, McEver, novartis, P-selectin, pain crises, rodger, Rodger McEver, scd, scientist-news, selexys, sickle cell, sickle cell disease

New hope in the fight against sickle cell disease

June 14, 2018

For Mary Long, the answer to her pain may, literally, be right around the corner.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: biology, biotechnology, blood, cell, disease, drug, mary long, McEver, news, newsok, novartis, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, option, P-selectin, pain, patients, rodger, Rodger McEver, scd, scientist-news, selexys, sickle cell, therapy

Researchers turn years of heart science on its ear

January 3, 2011

McEver finds new information about a protein vital to the immune response

Filed Under: News, Research News Tagged With: Alvin Chang Chair, blood clotting, cardiovascular biology, clotting, Florea, infection, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Lijun, Lijun Xia, Longbao Yao, Lupu, McEver, mice, mouse, NHLBI, P-selectin, rodger, Rodger McEver, scientist-news, signaling molecules, Tadayuki Yago, tissue injury, Xia

Hope in the Fight Against Sickle Cell

For Mary Long, the answer to her pain may, literally, be right around the CORNER. Her grandmother would hum as she rubbed Mary Long’s limbs with liniment. “You’re just a puny child,” she would say, shaking her head. The rubdowns soothed the youngster, but they didn’t erase the aches that seemed ever present in her […]

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