5+ hour, 45+ min ago  (390+ words) Oregon tech executive Renee James has made a generous philanthropic gift of $3 million to the OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute, bolstering the institute's reputation as a world-class center for patient care and scientific excellence and innovation. Of the total gift, $2. 5 million…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (647+ words) Spinal procedures at Oregon Health & Science University are benefiting from a new state-of-the-art robotic assist. On April 3, OHSU became the first center in Oregon to use the second-generation robotic assistance device for spinal surgery. The tool " the first of its…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (608+ words) Oregon Health & Science University researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind method to predict cancer patient survival using advanced molecular data from individual cells. Survival analysis is central to clinical oncology. Modern cancer studies can now measure gene activity in single cells…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (527+ words) The same neurotransmitter commonly leveraged to relieve symptoms of depression and anxiety also may exacerbate a vexing condition known as tinnitus, according to new research published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Tinnitus is a constant…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1562+ words) Stephen David, Ph. D. , professor of otolaryngology in the OHSU School of Medicine, is a senior author of a publication in Nature Neuroscience. He, along with Jereme Wingert, a Ph. D. student in behavioral and systems neuroscience, are co-first authors of "Convolutional…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (423+ words) A new study co-led by an Oregon Health & Science University researcher describes a breakthrough in microscopy tools that could dramatically expand how cancer biology labs study the inner workings of living cells. The research, published today in Nature Methods, introduces…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago  (732+ words) The Oregon Health & Science University Casey Eye Institute's Community Outreach Program has expanded beyond its two mobile clinic services to include a fixed site in Portland, improving access to essential ophthalmology services for underserved community members. The new clinic site,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (931+ words) Oregon Health & Science University has received more than $9 million in National Institutes of Health funding to develop advanced microphysiologic models " also known as organs'on-a-chip " that recreate how cancers grow, spread and respond to treatment within bone and bone'associated tissues. "These…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (392+ words) Immune checkpoint inhibitors and other immunotherapies have transformed care for cancers'such as'melanoma and lung cancer, but they have shown little benefit for pancreatic cancer. One major reason, Byrne said, is the presence of large numbers of regulatory T cells, or…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (39+ words) OHSU News Oregon Drug Discovery Symposium at KCRB 4 Hundreds listen in at the Oregon Drug Discovery Symposium at Oregon Health & Science University's Knight Cancer Research Building. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)...