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Thursday, August 6, 2026

$2 Million NCI Grant Funds Research on How Pancreatic Cancer Uses Cholesterol to Survive

A University of Oklahoma researcher has received a five-year, $2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to investigate how pancreatic cancer uses cholesterol to survive chemotherapy. By...
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Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Researchers Discover How Tumors Enlist Nerves to Keep Growing

New research from the University of Oklahoma demonstrates how an aggressive form of breast cancer co-opts the body’s own immune system to attract nerves that fuel tumor growth.

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Monday, August 3, 2026

OU Hosts Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Showcases Statewide Health Efforts

Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, visited the OU Health Campus on Saturday, Aug. 1 to learn more about the University of Oklahoma’s flagship...
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Thursday, July 30, 2026

OU Researcher Joins $12 Million Effort to Advance Obesity Drug Discovery

A University of Oklahoma researcher is part of an international team developing a new way to discover obesity drugs using human cells instead of animal models, an approach that could speed the...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Researchers Discover Hidden ‘Recycling System’ That Helps Keep Vision Cells Healthy

For decades, scientists believed that photoreceptors in the retina relied primarily on neighboring support cells, known as the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), to remove waste. While the RPE is...
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