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Existing drug could work against coronavirus

March 16, 2020

The drug, chloroquine phosphate, was originally developed to fight malaria.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CDC, chloroquine phosphate, corona, coronavirus, covid-19, covid19, doctors, epidemic, FDA, James, Judith, malaria, malarial, medication, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, oklahoman, OMRF, Pandemic, Prescott, scientist-news, scientists, stephen, steve, virus

New findings could help better understand autoimmune disease families

August 1, 2019

Autoimmune diseases are conditions in which the immune system becomes unbalanced and turns on the body instead of protecting it.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: autoimmune, conditions, disease, immune, James, Judith, kerr, lupus, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, oklahoman, OMRF, patients, prevention, ra, rheumatoid arthritis, science, scientist-news, scientists, smile, study, system, treat, treatment

New OMRF findings shed light on maintaining muscle as we age

March 11, 2019

Age-related muscle loss, called sarcopenia, happens to all of us as we age and is a major cause of disability and loss of independence in the elderly.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: aging, bumsoo ahn, free radicals, hational institutes of health, Holly, Holly Van Remmen, journal of cachexia and skeletal muscle, metabolism, mice, mitochondria, muscle loss, news, newsok, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, oxidative stress, research, researchers, sarcopenia, science, scientist-news, scientists, van remmen, veterans affairs

OMRF adds two principal researchers

February 5, 2019

A pair of heart researchers have been added to OMRF’s scientific staff.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Ann, ann chaio, biology, cardiovascular, Chi, chi fung lee, Chiao, faculty, heart, Lee, metabolism, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, research, researchers, san antonio, scientist-news, scientists, staff, university, university of texas health science center, washington

OMRF adds three new researchers

November 5, 2018

The trio of scientists assumed their new positions at the foundation Nov. 1, bringing the total number of OMRF senior scientists to 49.

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OMRF discovery could lead to new therapies for MS

March 19, 2018

OMRF researchers found that, in laboratory mice, a particular white blood cell seems to play a key role in MS.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, autoimmune, Axtell, B cell, blood, Bob Axtell, discovery, disease, health, james quinn, lab, laboratory, MS, multipl sclerosis, multiple sclerosis society, national eye institute, newsok, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, paralysis, research, robert, Robert Axtell, scientist-news, scientists, spasms, t-cells, tfh cells, therapies, treatment, tremors, vision loss

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