On Aug. 3, 1946, the articles of incorporation were signed by Governor Roy J. Turner that established the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF). The OMRF is one of the nation’s oldest and most respected nonprofit biomedical research institutes.

OMRF breakthroughs have led to three U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs, including the first for a deadly blood infection that claims 200,000 American lives each year. OMRF scientists also advance the understanding and treatment of human disease by publishing the results of their research in internationally respected publications like The New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, Science and Cell.

Their researchers have published papers on topics that range from brain cancer to heart disease and diabetes to lupus. By pushing the boundaries of biomedical science, OMRF scientists are helping to win the war against human disease, one discovery at a time.