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Mother’s High-Fat Diet Can Cause Liver Stress in Fetus, Study Shows

When mothers eat a diet high in fat and sugars, their unborn babies can develop liver stress that continues into early life. A new study published in the journal Liver International sheds light on changes to the...

Unraveling the Mysteries of Polycystic Kidney Disease

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a family of genetic disorders that causes clusters of cysts to form on the kidney, is among the most common genetic disorders, affecting some 500,000 people in the United States....

OU Health Sciences Opens Innovative Lab Space

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences recently announced the opening of more than 29,100 square feet of new laboratory space at University Research Park in Oklahoma City. The innovative facility represents an...

OU Health Sciences Rises to 102 in National Ranking

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences has achieved its highest ranking ever in National Institutes of Health funding awarded for research. NIH funding increased to $75.2 million in the previous federal fiscal...

Discovery of Rare Gene Variants Provides Window Into Tailored Type 2 Diabetes Treatment

A new study published in Communications Medicine, a Nature publication, details the discovery of rare gene variants that increase the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in multiple generations of Asian Indian people. The...