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ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Researchers Identify HIV-Inhibiting Mechanism
CLEVELAND - Researchers at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 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...
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine Receives $2.5M NIH Grant to Study Intestinal Inflammation
CLEVELAND - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 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...
Genetic Factor Controls Health-Harming Inflammation in Obese
CLEVELAND - Researchers at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 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...
New Research Describes Key Function Of Enzyme Involved In RNA Processing
CLEVELAND - Researchers at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 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...
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and Edheads Advance Science Education by Using Clinical Trials
CLEVELAND - - The National Center for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM) at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 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...
Researchers Identify Genes Linked to Worsening of Cystic Fibrosis
CLEVELAND - A team of international researchers, including ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 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...
Smarter Treatment for Killer Infections
CLEVELAND - Sepsis is a major killer in hospital intensive care units. Researchers at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 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, ou...
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Signs 10-Year Research Agreement with Shanghai Zhabei District Health Bureau
CLEVELAND - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 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...
Damaged Hearts Pump Better When Fueled With Fats
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 ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine reports. Results from biological model studies conducted...
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine Establishes First Systems Biology and Bioinformatics Graduate (MS and PhD) Program in Ohio
CLEVELAND - The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 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 ...