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Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Decreases Effectiveness of Chemotherapy, OU Health Sciences Research Reveals in First-of-Its-Kind Study

People who are diagnosed with head and neck cancer often receive a standard type of chemotherapy as part of their treatment. If they are exposed to secondhand smoke during chemotherapy — even if they have never...

Multidisciplinary Research Team Creates Computational Models to Predict Heart Valve Leakage in Children

An innovative new field of research holds the promise for pediatric cardiologists and heart surgeons to predict the future structural integrity of a child’s heart valves so they can perform the best possible...

DeAngelis Honored by Society for Glycobiology

University of Oklahoma College of Medicine researcher Paul L. DeAngelis, Ph.D., has been awarded the President’s Innovator Award by the Society for Glycobiology.

Researchers Discover Cell ‘Crosstalk’ That Triggers Cancer Cachexia

New research from the University of Oklahoma reveals a previously unknown chain of events sparking the development of cancer cachexia, a debilitating muscle-wasting condition that almost always occurs in people...

University of Oklahoma Public Health Master’s Program Is Reaccredited

The University of Oklahoma’s Master of Health Administration and Policy — the only MHA degree program offered in Oklahoma — has been reaccredited for a seven-year term by the Commission on...