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Molecular ‘brake’ in brain development could hold key to treating multiple sclerosis
Discovery led by Institute for Glial Sciences at ӰƵ suggests new path to regenerative therapies for MS
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March 07, 2012
CLEVELAND - A team of researchers at ӰƵ School of Medicine has developed the first “theranostic” agent for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). ALL is the most common type of childhood cancer diagnosed in approximately 5,000 new cases each year in the Uni...
March 06, 2012
From Mouse to Man: Circadian Nitrogen Balance Impacts Survival and Susceptibility to Common Diseases
CLEVELAND - Researchers at ӰƵ School of Medicine demonstrated that nitrogen balance, the process of utilizing amino acids and disposing of their toxic byproducts, occurs with a precise 24-hour rhythm – also known as circadian rhythm – in mammals. Disruption of this cycle...
February 29, 2012
CLEVELAND - Today, the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods of ӰƵ release new health data from Cleveland neighborhood groups on three of the most pressing public health concerns: obesity, hypertension, and diabetes.
The three data briefs – statistical pu...
February 28, 2012
CLEVELAND - A study led by ӰƵ School of Medicine, in collaboration with the University of East London UK, and Swansea University UK, is the first to show the effects of the drug ecstasy on fetal and infant development.
Ecstasy is a stimulant and hallucinogen, and is one...
February 22, 2012
CLEVELAND - A fundamental discovery reported in the March 1st issue of the journal Nature, uncovers the first molecular evidence linking the body’s natural circadian rhythms to sudden cardiac death (SCD). Ventricular arrhythmias, or abnormal heart rhythms, are the most common cause of sudden cardiac...
February 03, 2012
CLEVELAND - Neuroscientists at ӰƵ School of Medicine have made a dramatic breakthrough in their efforts to find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers’ findings, published in the journal Science, show that use of a drug in mice appears to quickly reverse the pat...
January 31, 2012
CLEVELAND - Time can be important in an emergency department especially in a busy Level 1 Trauma Center like MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, when getting patients appropriate care is essential. However, when the quality of an emergency department is judged by a patient’s length of stay, tim...
December 20, 2011
CLEVELAND - Investigators at ӰƵ School of Medicine received a $6.75 million Program Project Grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to study the role of innate immunity in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). For years, scient...
December 01, 2011
CLEVELAND - A mutation on the surface of human red blood cells provides protection against malaria caused by the parasite Plasmodium vivax, research led by ӰƵ School of Medicine shows.
The minute change, at a single position of red blood cell surface protein called the ...
November 30, 2011
One of the earliest known impairments caused by Alzheimer’s disease—loss of sense of smell—can be restored by removing a plaque-forming protein in a mouse model of the disease, a study led by a ӰƵ School of Medicine researcher finds.
The study confirms that the protein,...