The road from laboratory discoveries to drugs to treat patients might more accurately be described as a treacherous mountain path. Many experiments that appear promising in a Petri dish don’t work in mice. And compounds that are safe and effective in rodents won’t necessarily prove out in people. The U.S. drug industry’s trade organization, the […]
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2020 Annual Report: From Bedside to Bench
First a physician, Dr. Lijun Xia has become a research star As a young physician in China, Dr. Lijun Xia treated people with life-threatening blood diseases. But few medications existed to help the people he cared for, and over time, the hematologist grew frustrated. “I wanted to do better for my patients, to give them […]
OMRF honors scientists, board member at spring meeting
OMRF awarded scientific prizes to four scientists and honored a board member on Tuesday at its spring board meeting.
OMRF’s James named to the Association of American Physicians
The honor recognizes Dr. James for her excellence in the pursuit of medical knowledge and the advancement of clinical science in her 27 years as a physician-scientist.
OMRF receives $495,000 to study cause of birth defects, miscarriage
OMRF scientist Roberto Pezza, Ph.D., received a two-year grant to study the development of chromosomes.
2020 Annual Report: Healing Broken Hearts
Most of us know someone, or are someone, who has heart disease. It causes more deaths in the U.S. than cancer, taking 600,000 lives each year and millions more worldwide. One of the most common forms of heart disease is aortic stenosis. It occurs when the main valve of the heart — the aortic valve […]
