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Scientists discover clues about cause of dryness in Sjögren’s syndrome

June 29, 2016

Findings may point researchers to the origins of this autoimmune disease

Filed Under: Diseases, News Tagged With: A., autoimmune disease, christopher, Courtney, darise farris, dry mouth, dryness, Farris, immune cells, Kathy, Lessard, Linda, Linda Thompson, Montgomery, Oklahoma Sjögren's Syndrome Center of Research Translation, osscort, robert, saliva production, salivary gland, salivary gland biopsy, scientist-news, Scofield, sivils, Sjogren's, Sjogren's syndrome, t-cells, Thompson, white blood cells, womens disease

Does X mark the spot? A new clue why autoimmune diseases target women

June 13, 2016

Gender bias of diseases like lupus and Sjögren’s could be linked X chromosomes.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: autoimmune, bias, christopher, chromosome, clinic, disease, disorder, extra, females, gender, hal, Kathy, klinefelter, Lessard, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, research, robert, science, scientist-news, Scofield, sivils, Sjogren's, syndrome, therapies, treatment, women, x, x chromosome, y chromosome

Researchers identify genes associated with lupus in Koreans

February 24, 2016

The study looked at genetic samples of nearly 8,000 Koreans.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ancestry, arthritis and rheumatology, asia, asian, autoimmune, christopher, christopher lessard, discovery, effort, Gaffney, genes, immune, journal, Kathy, kathy sivils, korea, koreans, Lessard, lupus, Lupus Foundation of America, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, patrick, research, scientific, scientist-news, sivils, slegen, study

OMRF, Biogen enter autoimmune disease collaboration

October 22, 2015

Goal: to deliver new and better treatment options to patients

Filed Under: Diseases, News, Technology Ventures News Tagged With: A., advance testing, autoimmune disease, autoimmunity, Biogen, biological samples, biomarkers, collaboration, companion diagnostic, darise farris, diagnostic, Farris, genome-wide association study, GWAS, immunosuppressive, Kathy, kathy sivils, personalized medicine, pre-screening, scientist-news, sivils, Sjogren's, Sjogren's clinic, Sjogren's syndrome, test, treatment

OMRF named an Autoimmunity Center of Excellence

June 25, 2014

As an ACE, OMRF will collaborate with scientists at other top institutions.

Filed Under: Featured News, News, Research News Tagged With: A., ACE, autoimmunity center of excellence, chronic inflammatory bowel disease, darise farris, diabetes, Farris, Gaffney, James, Judith, Judith James, Kathy, kathy sivils, lupus, multiple sclerosis, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIAID, patrick, Patrick Gaffney, rheumatoid arthritis, scientist-news, sivils, Sjogren's syndrome, TTP

OMRF honors scientists, long-time director

April 18, 2014

Dr. Kathy Sivils received the Gaylord Prize for Scientific Achievement.

Filed Under: Featured News, News Tagged With: board of directors, christy everest, Coggeshall, Distinguished Service Award, Edward L. and Thelma Gaylord Prize for Scientific Achievement, Frank McPherson, Fred Jones Award for Scientific Achievement, gaylord prize, hong chen, J. Donald & Patricia H. Capra Award for Scientific Achievement, K., Kathy, kathy sivils, mark coggeshall, Merrick Award for Outstanding Research, scientist-news, sivils, spring board, Sun, Xiao-Hong, xiao-hong sun

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