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Inaugural Putnam City Cancer Classic to raise money for research at OMRF

November 5, 2008

For 33 years, the students, parents and teachers of the Putnam City School District have made cancer Public Enemy No. 1. If there’s a way to raise money, Putnam City has done it; from carnivals to bake sales to door-to-door fund drives. This year, the schools have added another weapon to the arsenal—a 5-kilometer run/walk. […]

Filed Under: Diseases, News Tagged With: cancer, cancer drive, Linda, Putnam City, scientist-news, Thompson

Wake up and smell the coffee

June 30, 2008

A good cup of coffee might be just the wake-up call scientists need to stop multiple sclerosis. A new study coauthored by Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist Linda Thompson, Ph.D., found that mice immunized to develop an MS-like condition were protected from the disease by drinking caffeine. The research appears in the early online edition […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: adenosine, caffeine, coffee, Linda, multiple sclerosis, scientist-news, Thompson

Oklahoma-based cancer test helps stop a killer

April 8, 2008

It took 14 years for Oklahoma City biotechnology company InterGenetics to research and develop its breast cancer risk assessment test, OncoVue. But less than a year after becoming commercially available, the test has already begun paying dividends to patients. A California oncologist reports that that the test, which has its origins in research conducted at […]

Filed Under: Diseases, News Tagged With: assessment, breast, cancer, intergenetics, Linda, oncovue, risk, scientist-news, Thompson

Continuing the Battle against Cancer OMRF, Putnam City students celebrate $2.6 million raised for cancer research

March 31, 2008

Science education doesn’t get much more “real world” than a day at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. That was the experience of 33 elementary, middle and high school students from Putnam City Schools during OMRF’s annual Junior Scientist Day. Outfitted with goggles and lab coats, the science-minded students spent time Friday and Monday working with […]

Filed Under: Diseases, News Tagged With: cancer, cancer drive, Linda, Putnam City, school, scientist-news, student, Thompson

The mice that roared

December 3, 2007

How do complex networks of genes control obesity, cancer and heart disease? The unique rodents of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation may hold the answer. Their small size and short gestation periods make mice ideal models for studying human disease. Although garden-variety rodents don’t make the cut for research, technological advances have made it possible […]

Filed Under: Development News, News Tagged With: hope, Linda, mice, Reynolds, scientist-news, Thompson

Putnam City students donate $116,000 to cancer research at OMRF

June 6, 2007

The bake sales have passed. The carnival games have ended. But the $116,000 that Putnam City students raised in 2006-07 will make a difference for years to come in supporting cancer research the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. The school district Monday night presented OMRF with the money, which was collected through a series of student […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Linda, scientist-news, Thompson

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