2018 MedTech Alliance Showcase, Nov. 1
The 2018 MedTech Alliance Showcase, hosted by Technology Transfer and Business Development, highlights the most promising early-stage breakthroughs at OHSU. This year, four inventors will have 10...
Category: Discoveries
OHSU researchers link three rare neurological disorders, identify potential therapeutic venue
According to the National Institutes of Health, one in 10 Americans is impacted by one of more than 7,000 identified rare diseases. The majority of these diseases are genetic and do not have approved...
Study finds that biologic therapies for IBD are safe for nursing infants
New research led by Rebecca Matro, M.D., assistant professor of gastroenterology in the OHSU School of Medicine, has confirmed that biologic therapies pose no health risks to infants of nursing...
Baconguis lab publishes first visual representation of a protein connected to several diseases
New research for the first time reveals the three-dimensional structure of a membrane channel that is connected to many diseases and is critical in controlling blood pressure. The epithelial...
Xiangshu Xiao receives $120K to develop new therapy for drug-resistant ovarian cancer
Xiangshu Xiao, Ph.D., and his team were recently awarded $120,000 to develop a new therapy for drug-resistant ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynecological cancer in the U.S., and...
Donald Sullivan: chasing down answers in lung cancer care research
Physician-scientist Donald R. Sullivan, M.D. F ’13, M.A., M.C.R., is a core investigator of health services research and development in the Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care, V.A....
OHSU scientists identify first non-human primate model of Batten disease
A multidisciplinary team of veterinarians and scientists at the Oregon National Primate Research Center has identified the first non-human primate model of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, a broad...
Lucia Carbone talks about gibbon conservation and the “genomic shuffle”
Above, Lucia Carbone, Ph.D., is at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, California, with Lucia, the gibbon named after her. The July 17, 2018, OHSU Week podcast — Are genomes...
The genomic false-shuffle: Maintenance of topological domains in the rearranged gibbon genome
Large-scale chromosomal rearrangements are a major source of genetic variation and are hallmarks of human disease. However, the mechanisms underlying their occurrence and subsequent fixation are not...
Joan Teno talks innovation in care of the seriously ill
Joan Teno, M.D., above, has devoted her career to measuring and improving the quality of end-of-life care for vulnerable populations, especially those in nursing homes. (OHSU/Kristyna...