NIH awards OHSU scientists, collaborators $8.4 million to develop a cure for HIV
Only a handful of people in history have been cured of the virus; three have agreed to kick off landmark research project led by OHSU.
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Prostate cancer drug delivers benefits before chemotherapy
June 02, 2014
A drug used to treat men with late-stage prostate cancer proved effective in stemming progression of the disease in research participants who had not yet received chemotherapy and extended their survival, according to results from a multi-national ...
Donation spearheads annual Portland cancer research summit
May 15, 2014
Prominent cancer researchers from throughout the country will be invited to gather at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) yearly beginning in 2016 to expand upon the Knight Cancer Institute’s vision for transforming cancer treatment through ...
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute to create Community Melanoma Registry to aid outreach, research
May 13, 2014
The Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University is seeking melanoma survivors, their families and friends to join a new OHSU Community Melanoma Registry. It is open to anyone interested in attending community and education events and ...
Study: Low-fat diet helps fatigue in people with MS
May 01, 2014
People with multiple sclerosis who for one year followed a plant-based diet very low in saturated fat had much less MS-related fatigue at the end of that year — and significantly less fatigue than a control group of people with MS who didn't follow ...
Top researcher at Oregon Health & Science University named to pancreatic cancer Dream Team
April 09, 2014
Lisa M. Coussens, Ph.D., associate director of basic research for the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University, was selected to serve as a principal investigator on an international pancreatic cancer Dream Team recently announced ...
Clinical trial results inconsistently reported among journals, government website
March 31, 2014
Medical researchers often presented the findings of their clinical trials in a different way on a federal government website than they did in the medical journals where their studies were ultimately published, according to an Oregon Health & Science ...
OHSU announces creation of new embryonic stem cell and gene therapy center
March 05, 2014
Oregon Health & Science University today announced the creation of the OHSU Center for Embryonic Cell and Gene Therapy, led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D., a world-renowned leader in embryonic stem cell and gene therapy research. The center will allow ...
Monkeys that eat omega-3 rich diet show more developed brain networks
February 05, 2014
Monkeys that ate a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids had brains with highly connected and well organized neural networks — in some ways akin to the neural networks in healthy humans — while monkeys that ate a diet deficient in the fatty acids had much ...
Antioxidant drug knocks down multiple sclerosis-like disease in mice
December 26, 2013
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have discovered that an antioxidant designed by scientists more than a dozen years ago to fight damage within human cells significantly helps symptoms in mice that have a multiple sclerosis-like ...
OHSU neuroscientist wins presidential award for promising scientists
December 23, 2013
An Oregon Health & Science University neuroscientist who studies the developing brain has won a special presidential award — the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their ...