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Home - OMRF News - Archives for Plafker

Plafker

Woman won’t let MS slow her down; she points to promising research as eyesight diminishes

March 17, 2020

Amy Jo Frazier catches just as many fish as she used to. She still skis black diamonds. She still clears thorn bushes from her five-acre property.

Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: amy jo frazier, eye, Gabriel, koco, MS, multiple sclerosis, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, Pardo, Plafker, scientist-news, Scott

OMRF scientists study effects of drug on MS-induced vision loss

January 7, 2020

Can an FDA-approved drug help halt vision loss in MS?

Filed Under: News, Senior Scientist Tagged With: dimethyl fumarate, DMF, MS, MS flares, multiple sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence, optic neuritis, Plafker, vision loss

OMRF honors Everest, five scientists

April 13, 2018

At its annual honors and awards ceremony on Thursday, OMRF presented Christy Everest with its Board of Directors Distinguished Service Award.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: A., award, board meeting, chris sansam, christopher, christy everest, darise farris, edward gaylord, Farris, Florea, Florea Lupu, Gaylord, honor, Lupu, Nath, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, Plafker, research, sansam, scientist, scientist-news, Scott, Scott Plafker, stephen prescott, Swapan, Swapan Nath

OMRF receives $2.25 million grant to study vision loss

February 26, 2018

OMRF scientist Scott Plafker has received a four-year grant from the NIH to study whether a natural compound can help prevent a common eye disease.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: age, aging and metabolism, anti ancer, broccoli, cabbage, central vision, compound, cruciferous, disease, effects, elderly, eye, eye institute, funding, grant, macular degeneration, National Institutes of Health, natural, newsok, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, old, OMRF, Plafker, program, r01, related, research, science, scientist-news, Scott, Scott Plafker, sulforaphane, vegetables, vision loss

OMRF scientists find clues to MS-induced vision loss

July 14, 2016

For nearly 20 percent of MS patients, vision loss is the first symptom.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Axtell, Jonathan, Plafker, robert, scientist-news, Scott, Wren

Trio of new grants brings $2.7 million to OMRF labs

May 6, 2016

Awards “a testament to the quality of research in Oklahoma”

Filed Under: News, Research News Tagged With: awards, Axtell, bleeding, blood vessels, demyelinating optic neuritis, grants, immune response, immune system, immunity, infection, inflammation, jose alberola-ila, Kincade, leakage, Lijun, Lijun Xia, McEver, national eye institute, national heart lung and blood institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, NIH, Paul, Plafker, Rheal, robert, rodger, Rodger McEver, scientist-news, Scott, Scott Plafker, sepsis, Towner, vascular integrity, vision loss, white blood cells, Xia

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