‘Show Us the Money’ Editor’s note: This article was written by Manu Nair, vice president of Technology Ventures with the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Friends and collaborators in industry often ask me about the availability of structured capital to fund biotech spin-offs in Oklahoma. It’s an astute question—but the answer might surprise you. Historically, OklahomaRead more
‘Show Us the Money’ Editor’s note: This article was written by Manu Nair, vice president of Technology Ventures with the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Friends and collaborators in industry often ask me about the availability of structured capital to fund biotech spin-offs in Oklahoma. It’s an astute question—but the answer might surprise you. Historically, OklahomaRead more
By Stephen Prescott, M.D. Copyright (2018) The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Rome wasn’t built in a day. Nor will Oklahoma City’s Innovation District be. But the past month has seen some exciting progress as our community works to create a hub for entrepreneurship. First, a quick refresher: The Innovation District is loosely defined as the areaRead more
By Adam Cohen Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. A rambunctious kid with big brown eyes, Xander Auld liked to crack jokes and goof around with his friends. He loved sports and spent lots of time on the baseball diamond, football field and basketball court. He seemed like a healthy, happy, well-adapted child. Still,Read more
By Dr. Stephen Prescott Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Licensing. For the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, that means taking a discovery we’ve made and giving a partner in the private sector the right to develop and commercialize that discovery. Until the 1980s, for the vast majority of research we did at OMRF —Read more
JULY 17, 2017 — The Presbyterian Health Foundation has awarded $3.73 million in new grants to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and OMRF. The grants will support more than 30 research and clinical projects, purchase scientific equipment and provide a recruitment package for a new senior-level researcher. “As biomedical research grants become exceedinglyRead more
By Stephen Prescott, M.D Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. When the Centers for Disease Control came out with a new report about Alzheimer’s disease in the U.S. late this spring, the statistics were grim. From 1999 to 2014, death rates from the memory-robbing illness had jumped by 55 percent. The big question isRead more
By Paula Burkes Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. In hopes of slashing the time to bring new drugs to market, one pharmacology company in Boston holds regular office hours for research scientists, much like college professors keep office hours for their students. “Boston area scientists don’t know how to talk pharma, and thisRead more
By Stephen Prescott, M.D. Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Imaging. It’s the ability to create a visual representation of something we cannot simply view with the naked eye. In biomedical research, imaging technologies focus on things that are really, really tiny. For example, to understand how the body’s circulatory system functions, cardiovascular biologistsRead more
By Ryan Stewart Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Company From watching rock legends U2 and David Bowie in sold-out arenas to catching small-time bands in hole-in-the-wall dive bars, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientists Kenneth Humphries and Jennifer Giorgione have run the gamut in their love of live music. Ken Humphries, Ph.D., and Jennifer Giorgione,Read more
