OHSU in the news

Gervais pageant returns for 20th year

Woodburn Independent March 11, 2020
Gervais High School students kick-off the 20th annual Mr. and Miss Gervais pageant to raise funds for OHSU Doernbecher.

Gene editing for blindness

Optician March 11, 2020
OHSU Casey Eye Institute clinicians recently performed the first CRISPR gene editing procedure within the human body as part of a clinical trial to address a blindness-causing gene mutation.

Experts recommend testing U.S. adults ages 18-79 for hep C

Reuters March 11, 2020
An OHSU-led evidence review finds that new direct-acting antiviral therapies effectively target Hepatitis C with few side effects. Roger Chou, M.D., says: “The treatments are much better tolerated and much shorter than they used to be”.

Seeing things differently: Racial disparities in autism diagnoses

Connecticut Public Radio March 09, 2020
Katharine Zuckerman, M.D., M.P.H., says children who are racial or ethnic minorities are less likely to be diagnosed with autism than their white peers, even when they have a “severe presentation” of the condition.

Speaking with Brainwaves

Bloomberg March 09, 2020
OHSU’s REKNEW lab is featured in an episode of Bloomberg TV’s Prognosis. The story follows OHSU patient, member of the REKNEW research team, Gregory Bieker as he trials RSVP Keyboard, a brain-computer interface technology that allows individuals with severe speech and physical impairments to communicate using brainwaves.
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