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College student dedicated to curing his own cancer speaks at OHSU
April 11, 2011
WHAT Josh Sommer will discuss his campaign to find a cure for a rare bone cancer of the head and spine called clival chordoma, and his belief that patients can and should play an active role in bringing about treatments for their own conditions. Josh ...
OHSU expert co-authors study finding treatment for rare lung disease
April 07, 2011
An Oregon Health & Science University researcher has co-authored an international study that revealed a drug approved to prevent rejection in organ transplant patients helped treat a rare lung disease in women. The life-threatening disease has no cure ...
OHSU Primate Center’s ovarian cancer finding may be a “win-win” for at-risk women who wish to have a family
April 06, 2011
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University’s Oregon National Primate Research Center may have good news for women at high-risk for ovarian cancer who also want to have children. The research suggests that a layer of cells, which serve as the ...
OHSU School of Dentistry Team Discovers Underlying Mechanism of Increase in Molecule Responsible for Pain
April 04, 2011
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University’s School of Dentistry have discovered the underlying molecular mechanism behind the increase in production of a pain-signaling protein during inflammation, a project that used an animal model developed ...
OHSU Doernbecher scientists discover new approach to overcoming drug resistance in a childhood cancer
March 30, 2011
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children’s Hospital have identified a promising new approach to overcoming drug resistance in children with an extremely aggressive childhood muscle cancer known as alveolar ...
OHSU physician explores method to reduce blood-clot risk in trauma patients
March 02, 2011
Martin Schreiber, M.D., of Oregon Health & Science University, received a research grant worth nearly $700,000 from the National Trauma Institute (NTI) to study a method that could more accurately determine how much blood-clot prevention medication to ...
OHSU’s Center for Coastal Margin Observation & Prediction awarded $17 million fenewal grant
February 28, 2011
Oregon Health & Science University’s Center for Coastal Margin Observation & Prediction (CMOP) has received a $17 million renewal grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Science and Technology Center to continue its research of coastal ...
Additional information about OHSU’s research to combat the current obesity epidemic
February 23, 2011
The Sunday, February 20th issue of the New York Times featured information about obesity research conducted at the OHSU Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC). Obesity is a serious problem in our country and around the world. The Centers for ...
Research collaboration advances chances of protecting fertility in women who become infertile during cancer treatment
February 22, 2011
Thanks to constantly evolving therapies, many women can now call themselves “former” cancer patients. However, for some of the tens of thousands of young women who fight and beat cancer each year, the same aggressive treatments that saved their lives ...
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Director receives prestigious Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award
February 16, 2011
Brian J. Druker, M.D. — whose research led to the development of Gleevec, the first genetically targeted cancer drug that left healthy cells unharmed and revolutionized how the disease is treated — has received the prestigious Stanley J. Korsmeyer ...