Texas Reports Ten new Cases in Measles outbreak
On May 23, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported 728 cases of measles have…
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Texas Reports Nine new Cases in Ongoing Measles outbreak
On May 16, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported 718 cases of measles have…
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Texas Reports Fewer new measles Cases in Continuing outbreak
On May 9, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported 709 cases of measles have…
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Texas announces second death in measles outbreak
On Apr. 6, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services has reported the second measles death of…
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The Colorado Department of Public Health identified Measles case in Pueblo County, Colorado
On Mar. 31, 2025, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced an unvaccinated adult in Colorado…
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Texas Reports more than 400 measles cases, a nearly 30 percent increase from previous week
On Mar. 28, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported updated information about an outbreak…
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E. coli Outbreak Linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders
On Oct. 22, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that public health officials in multiple…
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Oklahoma Bio rebranded as Life Science Oklahoma
On Jun. 13, 2024, the Oklahoma BioScience Association (OKBio), a 501(c)(3) corporation was rebranded Life Science Oklahoma. Life…
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COVID-19 science and reason
COVID-19 and it’s naysayers are attacking Science and Reason. The defenders must suffer the slings and arrows from…
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Selexys Pharmaceuticals Corp was acquired by Novartis
On Nov. 21, 2016, Novartis announced it had acquired Selexys Pharmaceuticals Corp, a Oklahoma City-based company that specialized…
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Alice Cooper played a benefit concert at OMRF
On Jun. 24, 2012, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Alice Cooper helped raise $675,500 for the…
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Drs. Judith James and Linda Thompson at the OMRF helped develop a H1N1 or ‘swine flu’ vaccine
In 2009, Drs. Judith James and Linda Thompson at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) helped develop an…
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The Oklahoma BioScience Association was incorporated
In 2008, the Oklahoma BioScience Association (OKBio), now known as Life Science Oklahoma, was incorporated as a 501(c)(3)…
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Jordan Tang led a team of OMRF scientists that identified and cloned the enzyme believed to cause Alzheimer’s disease
In 2007, Dr. Jordan Tang, led a team of scientists at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) that identified…
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The OMRF celebrated it’s 60th anniversary
On Sept. 15, 2006, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) celebrated it’s 60th anniversary. More than 600 people…
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The Stephenson Research and Technology Center was established
In 2006, the Stephenson Research and Technology Center was established at the University of Oklahoma. The $27 million…
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OMRF’s Sir Alexander Fleming scholar program celebrated it’s 50th class
On Jun. 8, 2005, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation’s Sir Alexander Fleming scholar program celebrated it’s 50th class…
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OMRF opened the state’s first small animal magnetic resonance imaging facility
In 2004, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) opened the state’s first small animal magnetic resonance imaging facility….
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Drs. Judith James and John Harley at the OMRF published an important study that showed certain antibodies for lupus were typically present years before the disease with diagnosed
On Oct. 16, 2003, scientists from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) and the University of Oklahoma Health…
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OMRF researchers found that BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes may predict breast cancer risk in women
On May 24, 2001, Dr. Eldon Jupe and a team of Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) researchers found…
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The Stephenson Cancer Center was established
In 2001, the Stephenson Cancer Center was established. Located on the University of Oklahoma (OU) Health Sciences Center…
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OMRF Scientists discovered Limitin, A new interferon-like substance
On Jun. 1, 2000, scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) announced the discovery of a new…
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Dr. Ute Hochgeswender at the OMRF and Dr. Miles Brennan from the Eleanor Roosevelt institute designed genetically engineered mice
On Aug. 30, 1999, Dr. Ute Hochgeswender, Development Biology Research Program from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF)…
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Drs. John Harley and Judith James at the OMRF established a link between Epstein-Barr virus and lupus
On Dec. 15, 1997, scientists from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) announced that Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (lupus)…
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Drs. Joan and Ron Conaway at the OMRF discovered Elongin a genetic transcription factor
In 1993, Drs. Joan and Ron Conaway from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) discovered Elongin A (EloA)…
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Drs. Fletcher Taylor and Charles Esmon at the OMRF established filed for a patent on discoveries fore blood clots
In 1988, Dr. Fletcher Taylor and Dr. Charles Esmon from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) filed for…
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Dr. Paul Kincade joined the OMRF
In 1982, Dr. Paul Kincade joined the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF), and broke new ground time and…
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Dr. Morris Reichlin became head the OMRF Arthritis and Immunology Program
In 1981, Dr. Morris Reichlin joined the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) to head the Arthritis and Immunology…
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Dr. William Thurman became head of OMRF
In 1979, Dr. William Thurman took the helm of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) and helped establish…
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Dr. Colin McLeod became OMRF’s first full-time president
In 1970, Dr. Colin McLeod became the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation’s (OMRF) first full-time president which marked a…
