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Area couple donates $12 million to build OHSU guest house

April 26, 2016

Gary and Christine Rood of Vancouver, Washington, who have strong ties to OHSU and a passion for addressing differentiated housing needs, have donated $12 million to Oregon Health & Science University to help provide temporary lodging for patients and ...

Major gift announcement during the CHH South Building Project groundbreaking celebration

April 25, 2016

April 24: OHSU students to offer free health screenings for Oregonians with unmet medical needs

April 22, 2016

Get free skin cancer screening, latest information on prevention, treatment, research at ‘2016 War on Skin Cancer’ event

April 22, 2016

CALENDAR ALERT: The 2016 War on Skin Cancer is a free public event that features: Free skin cancer screenings by dermatologists Presentations by OHSU Knight Cancer Institute researchers Opportunities to join research studies An attempt to set the ...

Renowned neurobiologist to lead premier neuroscience research institute

April 21, 2016

Marc Freeman, Ph.D., a former Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and a fast-rising star in the field of biology, will direct the Oregon Health & Science University Vollum Institute. The institute is widely recognized as a center of ...

Dr. Marc Freeman's scientific achievements

April 21, 2016

Glia cells: Glia are cells in the brain that were long thought to be “helpers” that support neurons to perform their functions. Freeman has shown that the most predominant and least-studied glial cell, the star-shaped astrocyte, is essential to the ...

New study shows children benefited most from gene therapy for LCA, a rare eye disease

April 15, 2016

Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University’s Casey Eye Institute and Baylor College of Medicine’s Cullen Eye Institute published findings from a two-year Phase I clinical trial in the journal Ophthalmology, which showed that children had the ...

Study: Hidden genetic mutations in patient-derived stem cells could ultimately undermine therapeutic benefit

April 14, 2016

For the first time, scientists have confirmed the long-standing hypothesis that as people age, they accumulate gene mutations in their mitochondria -- cells' energy source. A team led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D., director of the Center for Embryonic ...

CRAB, Knight Cancer Institute join forces to advance cancer research through clinical trials

April 13, 2016

Researchers visualize brain’s serotonin pump, provide blueprint for design of new, more effective SSRIs

April 06, 2016

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University's Vollum Institute have uncovered remarkably detailed 3-D views of one of the most important transporters in the brain - the serotonin transporter. Their study, published online today in the journal ...

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