OHSU in the news

A natural macaque model of Bardet-Biedl appears in Oregon

Lab Animal December 16, 2019
Martha Neuringer, Ph.D., describes her team’s unexpected discovery of the rare, blindness-causing Bardet-Biedl Syndrome in a few rhesus macaques, which will enable scientists to better understand the syndrome and potential treatments.

Shared decision making & its impact on clinical trial consideration

Clinical leader December 03, 2019
Brian Druker, M.D. comments on the impact of shared decision making in clinical trial consideration, saying: “There is a lot of debate about ‘is this patient healthy enough for my clinical trial?’ and I actually was kind of skeptical because I thought, ‘she’s coming from hospice, she’s got a lot of other illnesses,’ but her family, and the patient, wanted something better for her, and so I took a little bit of a risk and put her on a clinical trial…”

OHSU startup raised $1.5M for cancer drug platform

Portland Business Journal December 03, 2019
PDX Pharmaceuticals receives $1.5 million from the Wayne D. Kuni & Joan E. Kuni Foundation to help advance its cancer drug candidate toward a clinical trial.

How to manage a carsick kid

The New York Times December 02, 2019
Ben Hoffman, M.D., discusses tips for preventing and managing car sickness in children. If the weather is suitable, he suggests cracking the window slightly.
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