It took 14 years for Oklahoma City biotechnology company InterGenetics to research and develop its breast cancer risk assessment test, OncoVue. But less than a year after becoming commercially available, the test has already begun paying dividends to patients. A California oncologist reports that that the test, which has its origins in research conducted at […]
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Two patents issued to OMRF
The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has issued a pair of patents to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. Patent number 7,335,632 is entitled “Beta-secretase inhibitors and methods of use thereof.” The invention covers novel enzyme inhibitors and their use for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The invention stems from the work of OMRF’s Jordan Tang, […]
Continuing the Battle against Cancer OMRF, Putnam City students celebrate $2.6 million raised for cancer research
Science education doesn’t get much more “real world” than a day at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. That was the experience of 33 elementary, middle and high school students from Putnam City Schools during OMRF’s annual Junior Scientist Day. Outfitted with goggles and lab coats, the science-minded students spent time Friday and Monday working with […]
Teaching an old drug new tricks
When Dr. Charles Esmon began studying activated protein C in the 1970s, he never imagined his work would lead to a pair of life-saving drugs. “Back then, we didn’t even know what activated protein C did in the body,” said the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist. “Our goal was to figure it out.” Figure it […]
Sepsis survivor thanks OMRF scientists who saved her
Rayna DuBose came to say thank you. And thank you and thank you and thank you. “OMRF, the scientists and doctors—it’s good to meet the people who helped save me,” she said. “I just wanted to say thank you. I can’t say it enough.” DuBose, a 24-year-old Virginian, spoke Tuesday to more than 100 Oklahoma […]
Stealing Science: OMRF scientist helps craft anti-plagiarism tool
Much like the world of college essays, scientific journals are often plagued with authors trying to publish someone else’s work as their own. For Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist Jonathan Wren, Ph.D., the issue hit home as part of his duties as an editor for the journal Bioinformatics, when a reviewer recognized a paper as […]
