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Artificial Sweetener Splenda Could Intensify Symptoms in Those with Crohn’s Disease
A researcher examines samples in the Digestive Health Research Institute at CWRU School of Medicine. In a study that has implications for humans with inflammatory diseases, researchers from ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine and colleagues have found that, given over a…
Patients Living Longer with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Pose New Challenge for Caregivers
Diagnostic and treatment advances are helping patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy—one of nine major types of muscular dystrophy that affects males—live into their 30s and beyond, raising challenges in such areas as education, vocation, levels of independence, personal relationships, emotional…
Researchers uncover link between heart attacks and inflammatory bowel disease
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine and University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute researchers Muhammad Panhwar, MD, and Mahazarin Ginwalla, MD, recently concluded a study of more than 22 million patients that suggests a strong connection between Inflammatory Bowel…
Richard Martin, MD, receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Neonatal Research
Richard Martin, MD Richard Martin, MD, professor of pediatrics, reproductive biology, and physiology at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine, and director of neonatal research programs and Drusinsky-Fanaroff Chair in Neonatology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, has…
Investigators Highlight Potential of Exercise in Addressing Substance Abuse in Teens
Exercise has numerous, well-documented health benefits. Could it also play a role in preventing and reducing substance misuse and abuse in adolescents? This is the intriguing question that a team of investigators from ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic seeks to…
Researchers Inhibit Cancer Metastases via Novel Steps
In one of the first successes of its kind, researchers from ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine and six other institutions have inhibited the spreading of cancer cells from one part of the body to another. In doing so, they relied on a new model of how cancer metastasizes that…
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ and Sangamo Therapeutics Announce $11 Million NIH Grant for Study of Gene-Edited T Cells for the Viral Eradication of HIV
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ and Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO) today announced the award of an $11 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a planned study of gene-edited T cells designed to eradicate persistent HIV infection in patients receiving anti-retroviral…
Full-length Serotonin Receptor Structure Seen for First Time
A team of researchers from ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine have used Nobel prize-winning microscope technology to see full length serotonin receptors for the first time. The tiny proteins—approximately a billionth of a meter long—are common drug targets, despite limited available…
Marlene R. Miller, MD, MSc, Appointed Pediatrician-in-Chief, Chair of Pediatrics at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Marlene R. Miller, MD, MSc, has been appointed Pediatrician-in-Chief for University Hospitals and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital (UH Rainbow). Dr. Miller will also be nominated for appointment by President Barbara R. Snyder as…
Researchers Reverse Symptoms in Neurologic Disease Model
It is a parent’s nightmare: a child is born apparently healthy, then stops meeting developmental milestones at one year old. Her verbal and motor skills vanish, and irregular breathing, seizures, and a host of other problems appear. The cause is Rett syndrome—a devastating genetic, neurologic…