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Key protein controls nutrient availability in mammals
ϳԹ researchers already demonstrated that a single protein plays a pivotal role in the use of nutrients by major organs that allow for the burning of fat during exercise or regulating the heart’s contractile and electrical activity. Now they have found a new benefit of Kruppel-like ...
3D views reveal intricacies in intestines that could lead to discoveries for inflammatory bowel disease
A technology whose roots date to the 1800s has the potential to offer an extraordinary new advantage to modern-day medicine. In findings published this month in Nature Communications,ϳԹ scientists detail how stereomicroscopy can provide physicians an invaluable diagnostic tool in a...
National Eye Institute awards ϳԹ up to $3.3 million to develop two-photon ophthalmoscope
Imagine an instrument that peers deep inside the eye and sees how well the retina’s cells function. Such advanced technology would provide unprecedented options for early detection of disease – not only of the eye, but other organs as well. ϳԹ Professor Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD, b...
ϳԹ, Cleveland Clinic Collaborate with Microsoft on ‘Earth-­Shattering’ Mixed-­Reality Technology for Education
ϳԹ Radiology Professor Mark Griswold knew his world had changed the moment he first used a prototype of Microsoft’s HoloLens headset. Two months later, one of the university’s medical students illustrated exactly why. “There’s the aortic valve,” Satyam Ghodasara exclaim...
Breakthrough Provides New Hope for More Effective Treatments for Patients with HER2+ Breast Cancer
Ahmad M. Khalil, PhD, knew the odds were against him — as in thousands upon thousands to one. Yet he and his team never wavered from their quest to identify the parts of the body responsible for revving up one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer, HER2+. This month in Breast Cancer Researc...
Alana Foundation to Fund ϳԹ-MIT Research in Identifying Drugs to Treat Down Syndrome
Thanks to the generosity of a philanthropy dedicated to children’s issues, renowned Down syndrome researcher Alberto Costa, MD, PhD, has taken yet another step toward making Northeast Ohio the nation’s leader in exploring potential treatments of the genetic condition that affects 400,000 people in t...
Drugs stimulate body’s own stem cells to replace the brain cells lost in multiple sclerosis
A pair of topical medicines already alleviating skin conditions each may prove to have another, even more compelling use: instructing stem cells in the brain to reverse damage caused by multiple sclerosis. Led by researchers at ϳԹ, a multi-institutional team used a new discovery a...
Connection Between Social Anxiety and Drug Use Offers Opportunities for More Effective Treatments
A team led by ϳԹ researchers has identified a potentially powerful approach to lowering relapse rates among the ranks of those addicted to illegal drugs or alcohol. In a study of nearly 200 teenagers admitted to a residential treatment center in the northeastern United States, psy...
Molecular and Functional Basis Established for Nitric Oxide Joining Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Respiratory Cycle
Professor Jonathan Stamler’s latest findings regarding nitric oxide have the potential to reshape fundamentally the way we think about the respiratory system – and offer new avenues to save lives. It may be time to rewrite the textbooks. Scientific dogma has the respiration process involving only t...
ϳԹ to Lead International Research on Resistance to Infection with Bacteria Causing Tuberculosis (TB)
After discovering a unique group of people resistant to tuberculosis (TB) infection, ϳԹ researchers are leading an international team dedicated to understanding exactly how they fight off a disease that claims 1.5 million lives each year. The team’s goal is to use lessons learned...