OMRF receives grants for Alzheimer’s, eye disease research

The BrightFocus Foundation has awarded a pair of grants totaling $500,000 to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation: one to study Alzheimer’s disease, the other to investigate macular degeneration.

Sarah Ocañas, Ph.D., and Eric Ma, Ph.D., were among 69 scientists in eight countries to share in $16 million BrightFocus awarded this year. The nonprofit funds early-stage research around the world to …