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Home - OMRF News - Archives for zebrafish

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OMRF makes new findings related to colon cancer gene

May 8, 2017

The new finding was published in the scientific journal eLife.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: apc, cancer, cancer causing, CDC, cell, colon cancer, colorectal, common, Dave Jones, David, David Jones, elife, functional genomics, gene, genetics, huntsman, institute, Jones, journal, mpc1, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, publication, Rainbolt, regulate, research, science, scientist-news, Utah, zebrafish

OMRF receives grant to study triggers of cancer, birth defects

March 16, 2017

OMRF has received a five-year, $1.7 million grant to look at how DNA replicates itself.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: birth defects, cancer, cell division, chris, christopher, disease, DNA, fish, Gary, genome, Gorbsky, grant, health, lab, mit, model, National Institutes of Health, newsok, NIGMS, NIH, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, research, sansam, scientist-news, study, zebrafish

Varshney, Gaurav

Slimy, squirmy creatures: the unsung heroes of medical research

December 15, 2016

Fish, frogs and worms have become key players in the fight against disease.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: animals, cancer, code, David, david forsthoefel, David Jones, disease, fish, flatworms, Forsthoefel, frogs, functional genomics, genes, genetics, genome, genomics, heart disease, human, injury, institute, Jones, model, models, nonprofit, OKC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, organisms, planarians, Rankin, research, science, scientist-news, sickness, Susannah, worms, zebrafish

OMRF launches initiative in Functional and Chemical Genomics

December 29, 2015

New program will focus on genetic and epigenetic studies of disease.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: adult stem cells, C. elegans, chemical biology, chemical mechanisms, computational analyses, cross-disciplinary, David, David Jones, drosophila, epigenetics, flow cytometry, fruit flies, functional and chemical genomics, genetics, genomics, imaging, Jones, mice, model systems biology, mouse, new program, next-generation DNA sequencing, roundworm, scientist-news, stem cells, therapeutic intervention, yeast, zebrafish

How a tiny fish is helping unlock the secrets of cancer

March 18, 2015

Scientists are using the zebrafish to tackle mankind’s biggest diseases.

Filed Under: Diseases, News Tagged With: aquatic, cancer, chris sansam, christopher, Dave Jones, David, facility, filters, fish, Jones, news, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, pumps, research, researchers, sai tummala, sansam, science, scientist-news, zebrafish

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