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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Seeing Double? A Type of Antibiotic May be the Cause
September 03, 2009
Researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University Casey Eye Institute launched the first investigation of this problem after the National Registry of Drug-Induced Ocular Side Effects at OHSU received multiple reports of diplopia associated with ...
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Findings Help to Advance Radiation Medicine
August 31, 2009
MAASTRICHT, The Netherlands – Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute researchers are among a select group of radiation oncology clinical investigators to present their latest findings at the 10th Biennial ESTRO (European Society ...
OHSU Hospital Gains Reaccreditation for its Chest Pain Center
August 18, 2009
Oregon Health & Science University Hospital has just completed the reaccreditation process for its Chest Pain Center. In 2006 OHSU became the first hospital in Oregon to achieve this status, and remains one of only two hospitals in Oregon accredited ...
First Major Bariatric Surgery Study Finds Low Risk
July 30, 2009
The large-scale study was conducted by LABS (Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery), a National Institutes of Health-funded consortium comprising six grants nationwide, including Oregon Health & Science University. Legacy Good Samaritan ...
OHSU to Study Whether Low-Fat Dieting Benefits Multiple Sclerosis Patients
July 29, 2009
In addition to tracking each patient's MS symptoms and examinations by a neurologist, researchers will try to determine the physical impacts of a low fat diet on the brain through the use of MRI. "Low fat diets are popular among MS patients who ...
Changes in White Matter May Predict Dementia Risk
July 21, 2009
Research at Oregon Health & Science University supports the previously held notion that an increased rate of white matter degradation in the brain may help predict whether a person will develop dementia later in life. The results of the research are ...
OHSU Geneticist’s Analysis Figures in Key Discovery
July 20, 2009
An Oregon Health & Science University geneticist − Cheryl Maslen, Ph.D. − played a key role in identifying the biological mechanism, that appears to explain disproportional dwarfism, or chondrodysplasia, in a score of dog breeds such as dachshunds and ...
Discovery Spotlight: Landmark stem cells trial at Doernbecher yields positive results
July 19, 2009
A groundbreaking clinical trial to test the safety and preliminary efficacy of StemCells, Inc.’s proprietary HuCNS-SC® product candidate in children with a rare neurodegenerative disease has yielded a favorable safety profile of the product and ...
OHSU Study to Determine Which Seizure Medication, Delivery Method is Best
June 15, 2009
Most seizures are short and stop by themselves, but prolonged seizures, also called status epilepticus, are life-threatening medical emergencies that can result in injury or death. Oregon Health & Science University is beginning a study to determine ...
Landmark Stem Cells Trial Yields Positive Results
June 08, 2009
"The OHSU Doernbecher research team worked very hard to carry out this highly complex research and is heartened to see that this approach appears to be safe. We are delighted that this first trial of human neural stem cells was successful and offers ...