New Cryo-EM center at OHSU receives $5.9 million boost from NIH
September 12, 2019
Award will upgrade national center for electron-microscopy.
Author: Erik Robinson
New compound promotes healing of myelin in nervous system disorders
September 06, 2019
OHSU-led research could lead to clinical trials in people with multiple sclerosis or other neurodegenerative conditions.
Hospital intervention raises likelihood patients will treat their addiction after discharge
August 15, 2019
OHSU’s innovative in-hospital addiction program proves successful in engaging people in treatment.
New computational method could advance precision medicine
August 01, 2019
Technique could help diagnose, rectify a genetic defect with gene-editing tools such as CRISPR.
Discovery could lead to new treatments for Parkinson’s, other brain diseases
July 29, 2019
Study reveals the crucial role of alpha-synuclein protein in DNA repair.
Puzzling brain disease could now be better diagnosed, treated
July 10, 2019
Scientists at the OHSU Vollum Institute develop animal model for disease chronicled in a novel and film.
Discovery could lead to new therapies for nervous system disorders
July 05, 2019
OHSU research reveals prolific ability of Schwann cells to generate myelin.
Study reveals a short bout of exercise enhances brain function
July 02, 2019
OHSU research discovers a gene in mice that’s activated by brief periods of exercise.
LGBTQ awareness lacking among American neurologists, new survey finds
June 14, 2019
Results highlight need for better education to improve health care for sexual and gender minorities.
Germline gene therapy pioneer, teenage son make case for safe treatment
June 03, 2019
OHSU’s Shoukhrat Mitalipov and his son publish a perspective in Nature Medicine.
