While most patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) show a remarkable response to Gleevec, a small number eventually develop resistance to the drug. A new preclinical study out of the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute may prove ...

Oregon Health & Science University researchers have demonstrated that herpes simplex virus persistent or latent in the eye can trigger the most common infectious cause of blindness. In a study published recently in the Proceedings of the National ...

Oregon Health & Science University and NASA, the agency that sends astronauts into space, are launching a different type of mission. Their new study, "Using Military and Aviation Simulation Experience to Improve Rural Obstetric Care," is very ...

A pulsing heart cell is giving Oregon Health & Science University researchers insight into how it sends and receives signals, and that's providing clues into how heart disease and other disorders develop. In a study appearing in today's edition of ...

For Portland-area residents Kathy Grunwald and Marilyn Belanger, there's no question genetics plays a role in Parkinson's disease. Grunwald, 60, of Tualatin, and Belanger, 67, of Gresham, are sisters and both have been diagnosed with the progressive ...

Oregon Health & Science University researchers want to know if depression, particularly among multiple sclerosis patients, is the latest illness that can be reeled in with omega-3 fatty acids found in fish. A clinical trial is under way in the OHSU ...

Patients with psychiatric disorders are diagnosed with esophageal cancer much later and at a more advanced stage than patients with no psychiatric diagnosis, according to a study conducted by researchers in the Oregon Health & Science University ...

Researchers at the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute (VGTI) at Oregon Health & Science University have developed new diagnostic methods to better detect future monkeypox or smallpox outbreaks. The research also sheds new light on the 2003 monkeypox ...

Oregon Health & Science University researchers have identified some of the key factors that prevent the repair of brain damage caused by multiple sclerosis (MS), complications of premature birth, and other diseases and conditions. The findings offer ...