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Fishermen and women from across Oklahoma are invited to Foss Lake this weekend and cast their lures to support cancer research. Saturday’s 23rd Frank Wohl Memorial Bass Tournament will benefit the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. Wohl, a fishing enthusiast and businessman from Clinton, died in 1985 of cancer. The tournament was organized the next year to pay tribute to Wohl and turn his favorite pastime into a way to support research in the disease that claimed his life. The tournament has raised more than $41,000 for OMRF since 1986. See Full Story
A new wave of researchers has joined the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation’s scientific staff as part of the foundation’s expansion. OMRF has added seven new scientists to its staff. In addition, two research assistants have been promoted to faculty-level positions. The new researchers have come to OMRF from a variety of institutions across the U.S. and beyond, including Yale University, Duke University, the National Institutes of Health and London’s Imperial College of Medicine. And their research interests range from studying the genetic roots of cancer to using wavelengths of light to understand cardiovascular processes that lead to heart disease.
Many of the world’s leading genetic, rheumatology and immunology scientists will gather in Oklahoma City October 10-14 for the 2008 Lupus Genetics Conference. Hosted by the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, the conference will discuss the latest research on the genetics of lupus, a devastating autoimmune disease suspected to affect as many as 2 million Americans and 15 million people worldwide. The conference will feature speakers from throughout the U.S., as well as South Korea and the United Kingdom. “Less than a year ago, we were only aware of nine genes that contributed to lupus,” said conference organizer and OMRF scientist John Harley, M.D., Ph.D. “In just that short time, we have identified another 16 genes associated with lupus. That’s extraordinary progress, and this conference has been designed to make the most of those findings and build on them for future studies.” See Full Story Media Contact:
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