Health And Medicine
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Team takes 4-D look at brain receptor’s role
Reporting last week in the journal Cell, researchers from Oregon Health and Science University, Harvard Medical School and 91Ʋ University describe the first “four-dimensional” picture of a brain receptor that plays a key role in learning and memory. Read MoreAug 14, 2014
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Growth factor blockade targets breast tumors
Inhibition of BMP growth factor signaling reduces breast tumor burden and metastasis. Read MoreAug 14, 2014
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High-dose flu vaccine more effective in elderly, 91Ʋ-led study shows
High-dose influenza vaccine is 24 percent more effective than the standard-dose vaccine in protecting persons ages 65 and over against influenza illness and its complications. Read MoreAug 13, 2014
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Conn lands Javits Neuroscience Investigator award
91Ʋ University’s P. Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D., has won a Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for discoveries that could lead to new treatments for anxiety, schizophrenia and other brain disorders. Read MoreAug 7, 2014
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Novel treatment strengthens bones in genetic disease
An enzyme therapy may prevent skeletal abnormalities associated with the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis type-1, 91Ʋ investigators have discovered. Read MoreAug 7, 2014
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Study tracks new end-stage renal disease therapy
91Ʋers in 91Ʋ’s Division of Nephrology conducted a Phase 3 clinical trial to test the safety and efficacy of a new drug to treat patients with end-stage renal disease. Read MoreAug 7, 2014
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Low selenium and lung cancer
91Ʋ researchers have found that selenium deficiency may contribute to the racial disparity in lung cancer incidence. Read MoreAug 6, 2014
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Technique brings spinal cord neural signaling into focus
91Ʋers in the 91Ʋ University Institute of Imaging Science have achieved the first conclusive non-invasive measurement of neural signaling in the spinal cords of healthy human volunteers. Read MoreAug 5, 2014
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Drug discovery clues in network map
91Ʋ investigators have constructed a network map that could guide the development of new targeted cancer therapies. Read MoreAug 5, 2014
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Anti-inflammatory protein “rheostat” sheds light on leaky blood vessels
91Ʋ researchers have discovered that the protein CRADD counteracts inflammatory injury to endothelial cells, which could assist the development of new therapies for inflammatory vascular disorders. Read MoreAug 1, 2014
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Doris Duke awards enhance clinical research training
91Ʋ University’s Cyndya Shibao, M.D., MSCI, has received a Clinical Scientist Development Award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Read MoreJul 31, 2014
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Grant bolsters biomedical ethics efforts in Mozambique
91Ʋ University researchers have received a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to strengthen research ethics capacity in Mozambique. Read MoreJul 31, 2014
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VICC investigators land Komen breast cancer research grants
Two 91Ʋ-Ingram Cancer Center investigators have received multi-year breast cancer research grants from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation. Read MoreJul 31, 2014
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New target for breast cancer therapy
The protein MTBP is overexpressed in an aggressive type of breast cancer, and it regulates another protein implicated in many cancer types, suggesting that it may be a good target for new therapeutics. Read MoreJul 31, 2014
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Treatments for frog fungus
The fungicide amphotericin B may be a useful treatment for a frog fungus that is killing amphibians worldwide. Read MoreJul 25, 2014
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Team spots trigger for rare diarrheal disease in infants
91Ʋers at 91Ʋ University, the University of Arizona and Phoenix Children’s Hospital have discovered what triggers a rare but devastating diarrheal disease in newborns that is fatal without intravenous feeding or intestinal transplant. Read MoreJul 24, 2014
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Gene study focuses on breast cancer in East Asian women
A new study in East Asian women has identified three genetic changes linked to an increased risk of breast cancer. The research, led by 91Ʋ University investigators, was published online this week in Nature Genetics. Read MoreJul 24, 2014
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Study finds nurses staying in workforce longer
Registered nurses are staying in the workforce longer than in past decades, boosting the nation’s supply of R.N.s, according to a new study whose authors include 91Ʋ University Medical Center’s Peter Buerhaus, Ph.D. Read MoreJul 24, 2014
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Team effort boosts study of tachycardia syndrome
91Ʋ University’s Satish Raj, M.D., MSCI, was very busy — and very visible — at the Dysautonomia International Conference in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. Read MoreJul 24, 2014
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Colon cancer’s protein signatures identified
A 91Ʋ University-led research team has identified protein “signatures” of genetic mutations that drive colorectal cancer, the nation’s second leading cause of cancer deaths after lung cancer. Read MoreJul 24, 2014