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Molecular ‘brake’ in brain development could hold key to treating multiple sclerosis
Discovery led by Institute for Glial Sciences at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ suggests new path to regenerative therapies for MS
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June 29, 2011
CLEVELAND - Researchers at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine have discovered a long-sought cellular factor that works to inhibit HIV infection of myeloid cells, a subset of white blood cells that display antigens and hence are important for the body’s immune response against viruses...
June 28, 2011
CLEVELAND - ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine has received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestives and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to study intestinal inflammation.
The five-year grant from the institute, which is part of the National Institutes of H...
June 13, 2011
CLEVELAND - Researchers at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine have discovered a genetic factor that can regulate obesity-induced inflammation that contributes to chronic health problems.
If they learn to control levels of the factor in defense cells called macrophages, "We have a sh...
June 09, 2011
CLEVELAND - Researchers at the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine have identified a cellular mechanism that is critical in maintaining normal cell function.
In their work, the researchers led by Eckhard Jankowsky, PhD, researcher and associate professor in the Center for RNA Molecul...
June 02, 2011
CLEVELAND - - The National Center for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM) at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine is teaming up with Edheads, a provider of online education tools, to launch web-based education modules about stem cells.
The modules, based on real clinical trials, are geared t...
May 27, 2011
Sepsis is a major killer in hospital intensive care units. Researchers at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine have found that manipulating a genetic factor that can launch or throttle the body’s defenses can improve survival rates during bacterial infection.
“Currently, our therapies...
May 23, 2011
CLEVELAND - A team of international researchers, including ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine, have discovered regions of the genome that affect the severity of the genetic disease cystic fibrosis (CF), the most common lethal genetic disease affecting children in North America. The f...
May 10, 2011
CLEVELAND - ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine has signed an unprecedented 10-year research agreement with the Shanghai Zhabei District Health Bureau to study how an increasingly westernized diet and a less active lifestyle are affecting the health of China’s residents. Under terms o...
May 04, 2011
CLEVELAND - Contrary to what we’ve been told, eliminating or severely limiting fats from the diet may not be beneficial to cardiac function in patients suffering from heart failure, a study at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine reports. Results from biological model studies conducted...
May 02, 2011
CLEVELAND - The ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine is pleased to announce its established the first PhD and MS program in Systems Biology and Bioinformatics in the State of Ohio. Based in the School of Medicine, with the Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics as its administrative ...