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Lots o’ luck: How the shamrock gets its shape

March 12, 2018

Four-leaf clovers are said to represent good luck. They also represent something else: genetic mutation.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: clover, Courtney, courtney mongomery, DNA, four-leaf clover, gene, genetic mutations, genetics, good luck, holiday, lab, Montgomery, mutant, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, rare, research, saint patrick's day, science, scientist-news, sequence, st patty's. st patricks, study

OMRF finds new clues to why diabetes harms the heart

March 8, 2018

The findings could lead to new treatments to limit the damaging cardiac effects of diabetes.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: aha. american heart association, cardiovascular, diabetes, die, disease, grants, heart, Humphries, insulin, insulin resistance, journal, ken humphries, kenneth, kenneth humphries, Kinter, lee bockus, Michael, National Institutes of Health, newsok, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, r01, research, science, scientist-news, stroke, study, type 1, type 2

Taking action: OMRF researcher starts lab investigating vital chemical 

March 6, 2018

Dopamine is a chemical responsible for voluntary movement and the perception of rewards in the brain.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: addiction, aging, Beckstead, brain, chemical, cocaine, disease, dopamine, funding, grants, metabolism, meth, Michael, michael beckstead, mike beckstead, movement, neurons, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, parkinsons, pathologies, research, science, scientist-news

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

Exercise or sleep: Which is more important?

February 21, 2018

If you’re forced to choose between sleep or exercise for your health, should you hit the gym or the pillow?

Filed Under: News Tagged With: accidents, adequate, basic, busy, exercise, healthy, medicine, natural, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, research, resistance training, schedule, science, sleep, sleeping, stephen prescott, steve prescott, weight, weight training

OMRF postdoc receives national aging reward

February 8, 2018

OMRF scientist Rizwan Qaisar has been awarded an Irene Diamond Fund/AFAR Postdoctoral Transition Award in Aging.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: afar, aging, american federation for aging research, award, flexible, Holly, Holly Van Remmen, irene diamond fund, jeremy walston, muscle loss, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, postdoc, postdoctoral transition award in aging, reward, rizwan qaisar, sarcopenia. research, science, scientist-news, selection committee, van remmen

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