OMRF scientist receives $1 million to study genetic link to lupus

Backed by a new $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense, an Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist hopes to better understand the connection between a specific gene and lupus.

By the end of her three-year study, Jacquelyn Gorman, Ph.D., hopes to uncover why a change in the gene known as IFIH1 causes the immune system to go into overdrive and attack someone’s own tissues. This k…