A drug designed to remove amyloid plaques from the brain appears to help some patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease, according to a clinical trial involving research subjects at Oregon Health & Science University. “We saw significant ...

An experimental drug that blocks the euphoric feelings associated with drinking may prevent alcoholics from relapsing. The finding, the result of a mouse study at Oregon Health & Science University, could lead to human clinical trials within the next ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have devised an ultrasound imaging technique that picks up subtle early evidence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) that current conventional tests miss. The test, if approved for clinical use, could ...

Research conducted in monkeys at the Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, suggests high doses of vitamin C may have potential to counteract some negative impacts of smoking in unborn babies. The research may ...

All newborns should be screened in the first month of life to detect those with permanent congenital hearing loss (PCHL), the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has recommended as a result of new evidence that screening tests are highly ...

A strain of mice with the natural ability to repair damaged cartilage may one day lead to significant improvements in treatment of human knee, shoulder and hip injuries. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have discovered males from a ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University’s School of Dentistry have discovered an endomorphin in the nerve of the ear and throat responsible for middle ear troubles and have developed a way to reliably detect its secretion from nerve cells. ...

Oregon Health & Science University has identified the man who will lead its multidisciplinary scientific quest for new treatments and cures for childhood disease. Markus Grompe, M.D., an OHSU professor of pediatrics and molecular and medical genetics, ...

Oregon Health & Science University has identified the man who will lead its multidisciplinary scientific quest for new treatments and cures for childhood disease. Markus Grompe, M.D., an OHSU professor of pediatrics and molecular and medical genetics, ...

Kirsten Lampi, M.S., Ph.D., associate professor of integrative biosciences, recently received the 2008 Cataract Research Award from the National Foundation for Eye Research. Lampi was recognized at the Association for Research in Vision and ...