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New research helps explain why AIDS vaccine has been so difficult to develop
For decades, a successful HIV vaccine has been the Holy Grail for researchers around the globe. Yet despite years of research and millions of dollars of investment, that goal has still yet to be achieved. Recent research ...
HIV & AIDS
Sep 09, 2012 |
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OHSU discovery may lead to new treatment for ALS
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University School of Dentistry have discovered that TDP-43, a protein strongly linked to ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and other neurodegenerative diseases, appears to activate ...
Genetics
Jul 18, 2012 |
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Researchers develop new, safer method for making vaccines
While vaccines are perhaps medicine's most important success story, there is always room for improvement. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University's Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) appear to have ...
Medical research
May 29, 2012 |
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Lenalidomide prolongs disease control for multiple myeloma patients after stem cell transplant
Multiple myeloma patients are better equipped to halt progression of this blood cancer if treated with lenalidomide, or Revlimid, following a stem cell transplant, according to a study co-authored by a physician with the ...
Cancer
May 16, 2012 |
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Researchers develop new animal model for one of the least understood medical issues: ADHD
To better understand the cause of ADHD and to identify methods to prevent and treat it, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University and OHSU's Oregon National Primate Research Center have developed a new form of specially ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 10, 2012 |
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Misdiagnosis of MS is costing health system millions per year
It is relatively common for doctors to diagnose someone with multiple sclerosis when the patient doesn't have the disease — a misdiagnosis that not only causes patients potential harm but costs the U.S. health care system ...
Neuroscience
May 09, 2012 |
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Study shows how mitochondrial genes are passed from mother to child
Research conducted at the Oregon National Primate Research Center at Oregon Health & Science University helps answer some long-standing questions about how certain disease-causing gene mutations are inherited.
Genetics
May 03, 2012 |
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What do ADHD and cancer have in common? Variety
According to new research conducted at Oregon Health & Science University, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is more than one disorder. It's an entire family of disorders, much like the multiple subtypes of ...
Attention deficit disorders
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Publication bias involving psychiatric medications may provide physicians with an incomplete picture
Physicians who prescribe antipsychotic medications may be basing their decisions on incomplete information, according to new research published by scientists at Oregon Health & Science University. The study is published in ...
Medications
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Specially-bred mice help target an annual outbreak: the flu
As part of a national collaboration, Oregon Health & Science University researchers are studying specially bred mice that are more like humans than ever before when it comes to genetic variation. Through these mice, the researchers ...
Genetics
Feb 21, 2012 |
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OHSU discovery may someday lead to prevention and treatment of sudden infant death syndrome
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have discovered that brain cells commonly thought to play a supporting role actually are critically important for the growth of brainstem neurons responsible for cardiorespiratory ...
Neuroscience
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Discovery may lead to new treatment for Rett Syndrome
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have discovered that a molecule critical to the development and plasticity of nerve cells – brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) -- is severely lacking in brainstem ...
Neuroscience
Jan 28, 2012 |
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Faulty proteins may prove significant in identifying new treatments for ovarian cancer
A constellation of defective proteins suspected in causing a malfunction in the body's ability to repair its own DNA could be the link scientists need to prove a new class of drugs will be effective in treating a broad range ...
Cancer
Jan 13, 2012 |
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Oregon's program to improve care for those with advanced illness highlighted in JAMA
Oregon's groundbreaking Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment program (POLST) is featured in the latest edition of the Journal of The American Medical Association. The program, which was created by health care p ...
Health
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Health care, home, school differ for children with special health care needs
The first federally funded report to compare children with special health care needs to children without reveals 14 percent to 19 percent of children in the United States have a special health care need and their insurance ...
Health
Dec 06, 2011 |
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