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Researchers discover 10 new lupus genes in Asian population study

January 25, 2016

The findings were published in the Jan. 25 issue of Nature Genetics.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: asiana, autoimmune, coalition, defects, disease, DNA, gene, genes, grant, gtf2i, immunology, Jonathan, Judith James, lupus, Nath, Nature Genetics, newsok, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, paper, population, project, publication, research, science, scientist-news, study, Swapan, Swapan Nath, united states, variants, Wren

Three new grants bring $5.1 million to OMRF and Oklahoma

October 7, 2014

New funding streams will launch studies in cancer, influenza and lupus.

Filed Under: Diseases, News Tagged With: African Americans, cancer, Gary, gary gorbsky, Gorbsky, influenza, Kovats, lupus, Nath, scientist-news, Susan, Susan Kovats, Swapan, Swapan Nath

Research team discovers lupus gene’s role

April 23, 2014

BLK controls autoantibody creation in the immune system.

Filed Under: Diseases, Featured News, News, Research News Tagged With: autoantibodies, autoantibody, autoimmune disease, BLK, DNA, Gaffney, guthridge, Joel, Joel Guthridge, lupus, Nath, patrick, Patrick Gaffney, scientist-news, Swapan, Swapan Nath

Genetics show possible explanation for lupus disparity

March 14, 2013

Findings may show why lupus risk is higher in African Americans

Filed Under: Diseases, News, Research News Tagged With: admixture mapping, African Americans, ancestry, genetic ancestry, genetics, IFIH1, lupus, lupus genetics, Nath, PLOS Genetics, scientist-news, Swapan, Swapan Nath

OMRF begins studies of celiac disease

January 31, 2012

Scientists search for links between celiac and other autoimmune diseases

Filed Under: Diseases, News, Research News Tagged With: autoimmune, autoimmune disease, celiac, celiac disease, genetics, gluten, gluten-free, lupus, Nath, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, scientist-news, Swapan, Swapan Nath

OMRF wins $10 million grant to study lupus

August 13, 2009

OMRF has received a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the autoimmune disease lupus. The five-year award comes from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the NIH. The grant will support research on the genetic origins of lupus, which affects up to an estimated 2 million Americans […]

Filed Under: Development News, Diseases, News Tagged With: Gaffney, Kathy, lupus, Nath, NIAID, NIH, patrick, scientist-news, sivils, Swapan

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