Research by Nancy Haigwood, Ph.D., shows that a single dose of antibodies, given to newborn monkeys 30 hours after exposure to HIV, prevents infection.
Local Jeopardy! Teen Tournament winner Avi Gupta announces that his fundraising campaign for pancreatic cancer early detection in honor of host Alex Trebek raised more than $200,000 for the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute.
Research led by Mark Slifka, Ph.D., finds HIV patients being treated with antiretroviral therapy lose their immunity to smallpox despite having received a childhood vaccination against the disease.
A study conducted by Bethany Samuelson Bannow, M.D., and presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology, suggests that health care providers may fail to screen patients for heavy menstrual bleeding before or during treatment with oral anticoagulants.