Study predicts biological attack within five years 19 min ago | Add a comment WASHINGTON — The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study being briefed today to...

Obama may boost genetics’ health use Sat, Nov 29, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — For years, scientists have held out hope that the rapidly evolving field of genetics could transform medical diagnosis and treatment. But the vision of custom treatment based on...

Norman celebration to feature lights, music, speakers Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Add a comment NORMAN — The University of Oklahoma is inviting people of all spiritual beliefs to its annual holiday lighting celebration at 5:30 p.m. Monday at David A. Burr Park. The park is on Asp...

Patients with Lou Gehrig's disease turn to Web for a cure Thu, Nov 27, 2008 | Add a comment CLAREMONT, Calif. — Until last year, Alan Felzer was an energetic engineering professor who took the stairs to his classes two steps at a time. Now the 64-year-old grandfather sits strapped...

Thanksgiving is National Family History Day Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Add a comment You know that Uncle Don likes his turkey without gravy, and Grandma Ann puts nuts in the cranberry sauce. But do you know if either of them has suffered a stroke, lost a parent to cancer or takes...

Strategy could eliminate HIV in a decade Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Add a comment LONDON — The virus that causes AIDS could theoretically be eliminated in a decade if all people living in countries with high rates were regularly tested and treated, a new mathematical...

OU celebration to feature tree lights, music, speakers Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Add a comment NORMAN — The University of Oklahoma is inviting people of all spiritual beliefs to its annual holiday lighting celebration at 5:30 p.m. Monday at David A. Burr Park on Asp Avenue. For more...

OU fashion show raises money for children Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Add a comment University of Oklahoma students raised more than $2,000 — and counting — this year for the Children’s Miracle Network through an annual fashion show. "Project Dance...

Oklahoma scientist comes full-circle, thanks to OMRF program Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Add a comment Real lab work at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation set the course for Andrea Sestak’s career even before she graduated from college. In 1984, the Edmond Memorial High School student...

OU students raise more than $2,000 for Children's Miracle Network Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Add a comment University of Oklahoma students raised more than $2,000 — and counting — this year for the Children’s Miracle Network through an annual fashion show. "Project Dance...

Scientist to bare his DNA Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment DURHAM, N.C. — Here’s some personal information about Misha Angrist: His blood pressure is 104 over 65. He weighs 173 pounds, has fought anxiety and depression and is very allergic to...

Pecan harvest in Oklahoma likely less than half of last year Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Comments 15 TULSA -- The Oklahoma pecan crop is expected to be down significantly this year because of last year's ice storm, spring rains and the biology of pecan trees. The U.S. Department of Agriculture...

‘Vegging out’ eats at marathoner Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Add a comment Adam’s training journalWhen I gave up eating meat, one of the reasons I did so was to help offset my couch-potatoesque lifestyle. Happily, in recent years, I’ve pretty much left the...

HEALTH NOTES: Oklahoma state Capitol hosts flu shot clinic Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | Add a comment Capitol hosts flu shot clinic The Oklahoma State Medical Association, Oklahoma Pharmacists Association and the Oklahoma State Department of Health will offer the public free flu shots from 10 a.m....

Oklahoma City zoo’s Cat Forest debuts newest baby Sat, Nov 15, 2008 | Add a comment Zookeepers didn’t know the ocelot at the Oklahoma City Zoo was pregnant until they found her cub. The secretive mother, Pinga, gave birth to half-pound Joaquin on July 3, said Jonathan...

Oklahoma's Hall of Fame honors seven inductees Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Comments 5 Six men and one woman were inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Bill W. Burgess Burgess is a Lawton native who serves as senior partner of Burgess & Hightower Law Firm,...

Was man cured of AIDS? Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Add a comment BERLIN — An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his...

Sam Noble exhibit features dino eggs Tue, Nov 11, 2008 | Add a comment NORMAN — Impress your friends and tell them about the bowling ball-size egg laid by a long-necked, plant-eating titanosaur that lived 75 million years ago. It’s among the dinosaur eggs,...

Oklahoma researchers learn how germs spread resistance Tue, Nov 11, 2008 | Add a comment Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientists said they are one step closer to finding a defense against dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria, sometimes called "superbugs.” OMRF...

Bacteria research warns women Tue, Nov 4, 2008 WASHINGTON — Wash your hands, folks, especially you ladies. A new study found that women have a greater variety of bacteria on their hands than men do. And everybody has more types of...