In 2004, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation opened the state’s first small-animal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) facility. With an investment of $3.75 million to build the facility, recruit a director and purchase a 10,000-pound magnet, OMRF knew it was taking a chance. Four years later, that risk has paid off: Researchers from institutions across the […]
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Reckless Driving: OMRF discovers gene variant that “cuts the brakes” on immune system in lupus patients
Your immune system may have more in common with a Corvette than you thought. When a virus or bacteria enters a human body, the immune system revs up to fight and expel the invader. Once the invader is gone, the body puts on the brakes to stop the immune response. But a new study by […]
Wake up and smell the coffee
A good cup of coffee might be just the wake-up call scientists need to stop multiple sclerosis. A new study coauthored by Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist Linda Thompson, Ph.D., found that mice immunized to develop an MS-like condition were protected from the disease by drinking caffeine. The research appears in the early online edition […]
OMRF cell biologist honored as Oklahoma’s first Pew Scholar
OMRF scientist Susannah Rankin, Ph.D., has been named the state’s first ever Pew Scholar. After a nationwide competition, Rankin, a cell biologist at OMRF, was named Thursday as 1 of 20 2008 Pew Scholars in Biomedical Research by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the University of California at San Francisco. The honor includes a $240,000 […]
The Road to Recovery Saturday’s Star Bike Ride to raise funds for multiple sclerosis research
Nobody ever said fighting a disease couldn’t be fun. Since 2001, DeeAnn Simpson has organized the Eastern Star Bike Ride to increase awareness of multiple sclerosis and to raise funds to research the disease at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. And at this year’s edition of the ride, which takes place on Saturday, Simpson hopes […]
OMRF developing promising treatment for brain tumor affecting Kennedy
Compound may shrink gliomas like that affecting Sen. Kennedy
