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OMRF discovery unravels complexity of wound healing

August 25, 2022

Optimal healing requires a delicate balance in cell transition

Filed Under: News Tagged With: chronic wounds, collagen, fibroblasts, keloids, Lorin, myofibroblasts, Olson, pdgf, scar tissue, scientist-news

OMRF researchers identify gene mutation present in pair of diseases

September 18, 2017

OMRF researchers found mutations in PDGF receptor beta can trigger two rare diseases.

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OMRF scientist receives $2.3 million grant to study how wounds heal

October 20, 2016

Olson is looking at why people form scar tissue instead of regenerating.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: fibrosis, grant, growth factor, healing, lab, Lorin, Lorin Olson, molecule, national institute of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, National Institutes of Health, newsok, NIAMS, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Olson, OMRF, organs, pdgf, r01, regenerate, regeneration, research, scar tissue, science, scientist-news, skin, wound healing

Scientists identify origins of process that is key to diabetes

June 1, 2015

OMRF’s Lorin Olson has pinpointed a cell that starts scarring in fatty tissue.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: biology, cell, diabetes, fatty tissue, genes & development, Jonathan, journal, june, Lorin, lorin olsen, NIH, obesity, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Olson, OMRF, pdgf, pinpointed, publication, scarring, scientific, scientist-news, Wren

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