A commonly used scientific method to analyze a tiny amount of DNA in early human embryos fails to accurately reflect gene edits, according to new research from OHSU presented this week at the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing in London. Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D., says, “Gene repair has great potential, but these new results show that we have a lot of work to do."

KOIN-TV interviews Liana Tsikitis, M.D., on the importance of screening for colorectal cancer. Tsikitis says: “Early stages of colorectal cancer, usually the persons have no symptoms. In more advanced stages, we may hear complaints of abdominal pain, unintentional weight loss, rectal bleeding and changes in bowel habits. The very early stages, or even precancerous polyps, usually have no symptoms, therefore screening is so important.”

In a Cancer Wellness article on the use of yoga to relieve the mental, emotional and physical side effects of cancer treatment, Kimberly Carson, M.P.H., says: “In metastatic disease, pain is progressive and gets worse as the disease advances. Using the tools of a yogic trajectory, a combination of gentle asana [postures], pranayama [breath practices], meditation and mindfulness practices, we actually could reduce the baseline level.”

A story exploring group therapy in combination with psychedelic drugs to treat depression and other health issues notes Christopher Stauffer, M.D., has received FDA approval to conduct a trial that involves both group therapy and the drug MDMA

While discussing Columbia Memorial Hospital’s expansion plans, the hospital’s CEO pointed to the hospital’s collaboration with OHSU as a key ingredient to their growth.

OHSU School of Nursing researchers are partnering with 20 rural Oregon libraries -- including those in Scappoose, Nyssa and Dallas -- for an NIH-funded study evaluating whether library-organized community walking groups can improve rural health. Jim Winkle, M.P.H., says the study seeks to find “the key ingredient to sustainably implementing group walking programs in a rural community.”

Anti-animal research/use groups launch campaigns against OHSU’s use of animal models in surgical training; OHSU issued a statement that reads in part: “OHSU only uses animal models in its surgical training program when nonanimal methods are inadequate or too dangerous for human participants. We look forward to a time when surgical training methods are capable of faithfully modeling the complexity of a living system; however, technology currently does not exist to recreate some of the most complex procedures surgeons must regularly perform in humans, such as managing critical internal complications."

A study by Dan Hartung, Pharm.D., M.P.H., Elizabeth Needham Waddell, Ph.D., and others found people recently released from incarceration face a risk of opioid overdose 10 times greater than the general public, and that the risk is significantly higher within the first two weeks of release.

A study by Dan Hartung, Pharm.D., M.P.H., Elizabeth Needham Waddell, Ph.D., and others found people recently released from incarceration face a risk of opioid overdose 10 times greater than the general public, and that the risk is significantly higher within the first two weeks of release.

USA Today covers disparities experienced by people of color in access to early intervention for newborns and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities. Katharine Zuckerman, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, says, “One of the things we consistently see in pediatrics is that children of color get less of everything. They get less antibiotics. They get less early intervention.”