Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., and colleagues employ 3D-printing techniques to create small, biologically compatible structures containing cells. Their research explores how cancer metastasizes and how bioprinting could one day create organs for transplantation and more. Haylie Helms, M.S., explains why she bio-prints individual cancer cells in different patterns: “It’s not just the genetic mutations within the cancer that caused it [to form]. It’s also how the cells are arranged. If one cell type is next to a different cell type, that can actually indicate if you’re going to have a better or worse prognosis.”

OPB-Radio reports Oregon Senate Bill 523 would create a new type of nursing degree through community colleges. In a statement, OHSU points to its community college-based program that leads to a fully qualified nursing degree and says, “Senate Bill 523 does not address those key limitations to expanding nursing education capacity, and instead would allow the creation of novel nursing degrees that would duplicate existing nursing education programs in all but their ability to set students on a path toward career and educational growth.”

Patients who underwent hematopoietic cell transplant to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia between January 2014 and April 2021 at OHSU and Stanford University were monitored for minimal residual disease in a multicenter retrospective study.

Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., and colleagues employ 3D-printing techniques to create small, biologically compatible structures containing cells. Their research explores how cancer metastasizes and how bioprinting could one day create organs for transplantation and more. Haylie Helms, M.S., explains why she bio-prints individual cancer cells in different patterns: “It’s not just the genetic mutations within the cancer that caused it [to form]. It’s also how the cells are arranged. If one cell type is next to a different cell type, that can actually indicate if you’re going to have a better or worse prognosis.”

Cells are the tiny building blocks of life, and these cells are key to the Oregon Health and Science University researcher’s cutting-edge work in a medical science field called biofabrication – essentially building with biology. One of the long-term goals for biofabrication is creating transplantable human organs.

Martha Neuringer, Ph.D., John Brigande, Ph.D., and colleagues have developed the first nonhuman primate model for Usher syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that causes deafness and blindness. Neurigner says: “It’s our hope and goal that this model will enable us to one day preserve the sight of children with Usher syndrome"

Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., and colleagues employ 3D-printing techniques to create small, biologically compatible structures containing cells. Their research explores how cancer metastasizes and how bioprinting could one day create organs for transplantation and more. Haylie Helms, M.S., explains why she bio-prints individual cancer cells in different patterns: “It’s not just the genetic mutations within the cancer that caused it [to form]. It’s also how the cells are arranged. If one cell type is next to a different cell type, that can actually indicate if you’re going to have a better or worse prognosis."

A study led by Thomas Sutton, M.D., sought to better understand disparities in outcomes among more than 8,000 patients with pancreatic cancer. He said: “Patients referred from low-volume to high-volume centers experienced superior outcomes, but socioeconomic, demographic and geographic disparities exist in referral and treatment favoring individuals who are younger and affluent and those located near high-volume centers. High-volume centers should ensure that their patient population reflects that of their catchment area for pancreatic adenocarcinoma.”

KGW-TV reports that Oregon House Bill 2979 would put $20 million toward funding, training and education programs for dental assistants and hygienists, which are in short supply. Caroline Zeller, D.D.S., says, “Truly this is a problem for the entire state. Patients are having to wait a lot longer. Patients that have infected teeth, patients that are in pain.”

A study led by John McConnell, Ph.D., shows hundreds of thousands of Medicaid patients seek mental health care every year in emergency departments across the country rather than in clinics designed to treat them.