Health + Wellness
July 07, 2014
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ scientists pinpoint channeling of cell’s energy flow in moving metal ions
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ scientists have discovered how a family of proteins—cation diffusion facilitators (CDFs)—regulates an important cellular cycle, where a cell’s energy generated ...
June 30, 2014
Leaders from ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ and University Hospitals this evening announced a new collaborative fundraising effort focused on Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) cancer. The news came as Char and Chuck Fowler announced their third major philanthropic commitment aimed at defeating the d...
June 23, 2014
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine scientists have made an extraordinary double discovery. First, they have identified thousands of novel long non-coding ribonucleic acid (lncRNA) transcripts. Second, they have learned that some of them defy conventional wisdom regarding lncRNA transcripts, bec...
June 13, 2014
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ researchers have discovered that an existing drug used to help cancer patients has the potential to protect thousands of others from the often-deadly impact of vascular clots.
In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration approved bortezomib (Velcade) to treat multiple m...
June 11, 2014
Entitled attitudes appear to be linked to sexism—even among women, according to a personality study by psychologists from ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ and San Diego State University. In general, entitled men are more likely to endorse hostile views of women and entitled women are more likely to e...
June 05, 2014
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ researchers have discovered landmarks within pluripotent stem cells that guide how they develop to serve different purposes within the body. This breakthrough offers promise that scientists eventually will be able to direct stem cells in ways that prevent disease or repair damag...
June 03, 2014
Finding could pave way to cognitive disease therapies
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ researchers discovered that a protein previously implicated in disease plays such a positive role in learning and memory that it may someday contribute to cures of cognitive impairments. The findings regarding the ...
May 29, 2014
Discovery could lead to improved preventive medical care delivery processes
Recently, a study of more than 16,000 patient visits published online in the journal Pediatrics proved Cuttler’s thesis correct. The lead investigator on the research project, Cuttler succumbed to cancer late last year. Bu...
May 27, 2014
The agency charged to protect patients from dangerous drug side effects needs to be far more vigilant when it comes to medications that affect blood pressure.
Robert P. Blankfield, MD, MS, a clinical professor of family medicine, issues this call to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an...
May 16, 2014
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) will honor Neal J. Meropol, MD, as a Fellow during the May 31 Opening Session of the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago. He will be one of 12 exceptional members to earn the designation of Fellow as a result of their extraordinary volunteer service, ...