La inyección de vectores de virus adenoasociados, o AAV, en el riñón de un primate no humano utilizando un catéter provocó una fuerte actividad genética (que se muestra en rojo) en los túbulos proximales del riñón, incluso si el primate ya tenía una respuesta inmune. a AAV. (Cortesía)

Grupo, de izquierda a derecha: Hideyuki Hakui, M.D., Ph.D., postdoctorado; Pratheppa Rajagopal, Ph.D., postdoctorado; Swapna Kollu, Ph.D., investigadora asociada senior; Hiroyuki Nakai, M.D., Ph.D., profesor de Genética Médica y Molecular y de Microbiología e Inmunología Molecular en la Facultad de Medicina de OHSU; Hiroyuki Nakashima, Ph.D.; Anusha Sairavi, M.S., investigadora asociada y directora de laboratorio; Lena Li, M.D., investigadora asociada; Siddhi Narvekar, M.S., asistente de investigación 2; y Ranjan Das, Ph.D., científico del personal. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Exterior view of the OHSU Hospital building at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) on Marquam Hill in Portland, Oregon, during autumn, with seasonal foliage surrounding the campus. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Yujia Zhang, M.S., a graduate student in the Xiaolin Nan lab, works on an imaging experiment. The Nan lab is among several at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center, known as CEDAR, that use advanced imaging tools, equipment and techniques to advance cancer early detection and interventions. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Steven Mansoor, Ph.D., and his research team at Oregon Health & Science University has discovered a way to turn off a receptor linked to many inflammatory diseases. They used advanced imaging techniques to see the structure of the P2X7 receptor once it is linked to five known antagonists and one new one they discovered. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Tillamook County Community Health Center and Public Health staff provides services in the community. (Courtesy) 

Debbie Taira, dental assistant at the OHSU School of Dentistry, helps a dental patient at the OHSU School of Dentistry clinic in Portland. The Building Bridges to Health Care Careers job education and training program will help 86 Portland-area residents become dental assistants, nurse assistants, medical assistants or phlebotomists. Those who complete the program and earn certification in their new field will be given priority as applicants for job openings at Oregon Health & Science University. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Kofi Asare-Konadu​​​​​​​, research assistant, works in the Ruth Napier, Ph.D., lab at OHSU on genetic mutation studies. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

The OHSU School of Nursing’s Accelerated Bachelor of Science Program has opened a new location in Bend, thanks to close collaboration between OHSU, St. Charles Health System, Central Oregon Community College, Oregon State University and other community organizations. The program includes learning through simulation, as shown here in photos from the OHSU School of Nursing’s Ashland campus. (OHSU/Allen Hallmark)