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Military students receive summer science training at OMRF

June 28, 2018

Two students from the Naval Academy and one from the Air Force Academy participated in the OMRF’s ninth annual Saxon program.

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Military academy students get hands-on lab experience at OMRF

June 29, 2017

The Saxon program provides military academy students with an opportunity to work alongside OMRF senior scientists.

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The best Father’s Day gift: A healthy heart

June 13, 2017

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men in the U.S., killing one in every four males.

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OMRF researcher receives rheumatology award

January 26, 2017

The award is for continued research into the origins of Sjögren’s syndrome.

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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.

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