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Skin organoids may treat baldness

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News June 04, 2020
OHSU Ph.D. candidate Benjamin Woodruff contributed to new research suggesting a lab-grown human skin cell model could advance hair loss research

How to make good decisions when you're paralyzed by the stress of protests and the pandemic

CNN June 04, 2020
In a story regarding elevated anxieties during stressful times, Bita Moghaddam., Ph.D., says: “If you think about going to the grocery store right now, there's a fair amount of planning consciously or subconsciously — what times will be less crowded, do I really need to go, and should I go. Most of us didn't think of going to a grocery store as a dangerous thing before, yet now it has become an anxiety-provoking process.”

‘Chemo free is how we be’

Polk County Itemizer-Observer June 03, 2020
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital patient rings bell at the Polk County Fire Department in celebration of his final chemotherapy treatment.

FDA gives thumbs-up to Fitbit, NASA ventilators

Fierce Biotech June 03, 2020
Fitbit consulted with OHSU emergency medicine clinicians caring for COVID-19 patients to help inform their design of an emergency ventilator to help save lives during the pandemic.

Is your overbearing boss hurting your health?

Health Central June 02, 2020
In a story about poor mental health and work, Leslie Hammer, Ph.D., says “I believe it is workplaces’ responsibility to take care of individuals.”
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