New research reveals an evolutionary genetic difference that sets songbirds up to have high cholesterol. The birds, though, thwart expectations. A study published today in the journal Proceedings...
The OHSU Casey Eye Institute has used a stem cell therapy in the retina for the first time as part of a Phase 2a clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of an experimental treatment for an...
Research may help providers address "pain catastrophizing" as part of patient-centered care A recent study published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine shows that patients who...
In a JAMA article published last week, researchers from OHSU Family Medicine and OCHIN found that opioid prescribing decreased across a large network of Community Health Centers (CHCs) between 2009...
The paper “Reversible suppression of T cell function in the bone marrow microenvironment of acute myeloid leukemia” published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Zika virus emerged as a threat to global health in 2016 when it was linked to a spike in cases of microcephaly in newborns. In a modest rehearsal of what we’ve seen with SARS-CoV-2 research, there...
The paper “Human leukocyte antigen susceptibility map for SARS-CoV-2” published in the Journal of Virology is the School of Medicine’s Paper of the Month. Principal investigator Reid...
In 2017, research led by Tom Scanlan, Ph.D., professor of chemical physiology and biochemistry, OHSU School of Medicine, found that sobetirome, a synthetic thyroid drug developed in his lab years ago...
The Donald D. Trunkey Center for Civilian and Combat Casualty Care is named for the late emeritus chair of surgery A year ago, the Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery in the...
More than 6.5 million women in the United States have endometriosis, an incurable disorder in which endometrial cells grow outside of the uterus. Symptoms may range from chronic pain and blood...