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The Olympics and the limits of human performance

August 1, 2021

Cheating is about as old as the Olympics themselves. Can we trust the gold medals are won without performance-enhancing drugs?

Filed Under: On Your Health Tagged With: cheating, doping, marathon, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Olympics, OMRF, robert, scientist-news, Scofield, sports, triathlon, winning

OMRF receives grant for Alzheimer’s research

July 27, 2021

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation $480,000 for research on dopamine’s role in Alzheimer’s disease.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: alzheimer's disease, Beckstead, dopamine, Michael, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, scientist-news

Bodywork: Why do needles make some people faint?

July 27, 2021

I know people who nearly pass out at the mere sight of a needle. What causes this? Is there a way to make it stop?

Filed Under: Bodywork Tagged With: fainting, McEver, needles, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, passing out, rodger, scientist-news, shots, vaccine

Bodywork: Understanding Guillain-Barré syndrome

July 20, 2021

Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine may be linked to a rare side effect called Guillain-Barré syndrome. What is this syndrome?

Filed Under: Bodywork Tagged With: adam cohen, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, GBS, guillain-barre, j&j, McEver, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, rodger, Rodger McEver, scientist-news, vaccine

OMRF scientist seeks functions of understudied genes

July 13, 2021

OMRF scientist Gaurav Varshney, Ph.D., received a one-year grant to study 21 genes implicated in conditions such as hearing loss, autism and schizophrenia.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: autism, CRISPR, funding, Gaurav, grant, hearing loss, news, newsok, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, research, schizophrenia, science, scientist-news, Varshney

Bodywork: Understanding at-home Covid tests

July 13, 2021

At-home rapid COVID-19 tests are increasingly becoming available. How reliable are these tests, and how do they work?

Filed Under: Bodywork Tagged With: covid, McEver, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, rodger, scientist-news, test

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