Lymphedema is a disease characterized by dramatic and painful swelling in the limbs that often leads to infections.
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OMRF receives three grants to study autoimmune disease
The federal grants will support the work of two OMRF scientists who are investigating different aspects of autoimmune disease: Judith James, M.D., Ph.D., and Joan Merrill, M.D.
OMRF receives $1.4 million to study DNA errors in birth defects, diseases
Every year an estimated 7.9 million children are born with a serious birth defect of genetic or partially genetic origin.
A Cut Above
When Dr. Gaurav Varshney arrived at OMRF in late 2016, the first things he purchased for his new research program were fish tanks. Lots of them. During a seven-year post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., Varshney developed an expertise in studying developmental biology in paperclip-sized aquatic creatures known as zebrafish. […]
