New OHSU research for the first time reveals the function of a little-understood synapse between cells in the brain in live tissue. Kelly Monk, Ph.D., says, “This gives an understanding of the basic, fundamental properties of how these cells work in normal development. In the future, we might look at how they function differently in the context of MS patients.”

The La Grande Observer reports that the Union County Sheriff’s Office will begin providing access to medication for treating inmates with opioid use disorder, noting that it is contracting with Dan Hoover, M.D., to do so.

The newly formed OHSU Knight Cancer Precision Biofabrication Hub — designed to take small samples of human cells from organ tissues to reproduce organs, cancerous tumors, and bone material using 3D bioprinters and other advanced engineering, opening new avenues for understanding and treating cancer — is included in a 3-D Printing.com round-up of the top “Bioprinting’s Investment Milestones of 2023.” Director Luiz Bertassoni, Ph.D., D.D.S., says: “The mission of the Cancer Institute is to end cancer as we know it.”

New OHSU research for the first time reveals the function of a little-understood synapse between cells in the brain in live tissue. Kelly Monk, Ph.D., says, “This gives an understanding of the basic, fundamental properties of how these cells work in normal development. In the future, we might look at how they function differently in the context of MS patients.”

POLITICO is among news outlets to cover a new OHSU-led study that found residential addiction treatment for adolescents to be costly and scarce nationwide.

Thirty new medical laboratory science professionals are entering the region’s workforce after completing a rigorous bachelor’s degree program at Oregon Tech and OHSU.

Eric Simpson, M.D., is quoted in a Dermatology Times story and other outlets about positive efficacy and safety data for tapinarof cream to treat atopic dermatitis in patients 2 years old and older.

MDEdge covers a survey led by Genevieve Benedetti, M.D., that finds the impact of pregnancy is unpredictable for women diagnosed with rosacea.

Avital O’Glasser, M.D., talks about the challenges facing nontraditional scholarship and amplifying diverse voices in medicine in an Oncology Overdrive podcast on HemOnc Today.

Oncology Nursing News covers OHSU research suggesting that creative arts therapy can help improve the quality of life in pediatric patients with cancer. Jennifer Raybin, Ph.D., RN, says, “Nurses are doing it all the time anyway. If you walk on a unit, you’ll see that [nurses] have artwork up on their whiteboards and have music playing. If a patient is having a hard day, [an art intervention] doesn’t have to be fancy; play some music or get some easy art supplies, if that’s what the patient likes doing.”