Preserving the choice to have a family
There is new hope that kids at risk of medically induced infertility may reproduce as adults. In a first, researchers have reported in a non-human primate model that immature testicular tissue can...
Tag: Oregon National Primate Research Center
Batten disease from bench to bedside: OHSU Brain Institute forum, Nov. 26
Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, or Batten disease, is a rare, fatal class of inherited disorders of the nervous system. OHSU investigators have been at the forefront in developing treatment...
OHSU scientist Jon Hennebold identifies key pathway in ovulation
Individuals should have the opportunity to have the number of children they want—that is the dogma of the laboratory of Jon Hennebold, Ph.D. To make that possible, Hennebold, chief of...
OHSU researchers discover a mechanism promoting neural stem cells
A breakthrough study by OHSU scientists demonstrates, for the first time, a mechanism that prevents the formation of new neurons in old brains. The discovery provides a new path for investigation...
Medical Research Foundation honors Oregon scientists
The Medical Research Foundation has announced its award winners for 2016. Two scientists from OHSU — Stephen Back, M.D., Ph.D., and Richard Stouffer, Ph.D. — won awards, as well as Oleh Taratula,...
ONPRC researchers to sequence rhesus macaques genomes
Scientists at the Oregon National Primate Research Center will sequence the genomes of 2,000 rhesus macaques, funded by a $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. This groundbreaking...
Resources for research with nonhuman primates
Have you ever thought about or are you planning to engage in primate research? The National Primate Research Centers (NPRCs) serve as a unique and valuable national resource to scientists who...
Who’s new at OHSU? Shawn Chavez, Ph.D.
Shawn Chavez, Ph.D., is an assistant scientist in the Division of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences at the Oregon National Primate Research Center and an assistant professor in the OHSU School...
OHSU discovery leads to clinical trials of West Nile virus vaccine
OHSU has discovered and developed a novel investigational vaccine aimed at preventing West Nile virus, which poses a significant public health threat in the U.S. The vaccine, developed by scientists...
How Jeffrey Jensen is working to improve women’s health around the globe
Over the past 20 years, Jeffrey T. Jensen, M.D. and his team at Oregon Health & Science University have been working on innovative family planning research, from improving existing contraceptive...