More new Measles cases Reported in Central Texas
On Jun. 10, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported 744 cases of measles have…
Colorado health officials confirm two measles cases, release locations for potential exposures in Aurora and Colorado Springs
On Jun. 9, 2025, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the Arapahoe County Public Health Department,…
More new Measles cases Reported in Central Texas
On Jun. 6, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported 742 cases of measles have…
Ten more new Measles cases Reported in Texas
On May 30, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported 738 cases of measles have…
Texas Reports Thirty Seven New measles Cases in Continuing outbreak
On May 2, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported 683 cases of measles have…
Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Takes Swift Action Against Measles
On Apr. 2, 2025, the Oklahoma Children’s Hospital (OU Health) announced it had taken swift action to address…
Additional Measles Cases reported in Oklahoma
On Mar. 25, 2025, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) reported that nine additional measles cases had…
Oklahoma Department of Health reported Additional Measles Cases identified
On Mar. 14, 2025, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) received notification of two more probable measles…
First Cases of Measles in Reported in Oklahoma
On Mar. 11, 2025, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) reported the first two measles cases in…
More cases reported in E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders
On Oct. 25, 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported illnesses have been reported in…
The Stephenson Cancer Center received NCI designation
On May 2, 2018, the Stephenson Cancer Center received National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation. The Stephenson Cancer Center,…
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…
A team of OMRF researchers led by Gary Gorbsky found a way to turn back cell division
On Apr. 18, 2016, a team of Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) researchers led by Gary Gorbsky found…
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…
Governor Mary Fallin dedicated OMRF’s new 186,000 square foot research tower
On Apr. 21, 2011, Governor Mary Fallin dedicated the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation’s (OMRF) new 186,000 s.f. research…
OMRF’s Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence opened its doors
On Mar. 15, 2011, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation’s Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence, led by Dr. Gabriel…
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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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)…
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)…
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)…