Ohio State Receives $2 Million Gift From Foundation
Posted 2/3/2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State University has received a $2 million gift from the Harry T. Mangurian Jr. Foundation to support medical research and fund an endowed professorship in business.
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"Fireside Chat" with Cancer Expert
Posted 1/28/2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Community members are invited to attend an informational “fireside chat” about the future of cancer research with Dr. Michael A. Caligiuri, director of The Ohio State University Compr...
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Curing More Cervical Cancer Cases May be in the Math
Posted 1/28/2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Cervical cancer is highly curable when caught early. But in a third of cases, the tumor responds poorly to therapy or recurs later, when cure is much less likely.
Quicker identifi...
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Mechanical Support Provides Options For Heart Patients
Posted 1/27/2010 | 
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – With advances in research and technology, clinicians at The Ohio State University Medical Center are studying numerous treatment options for people with congestive heart failure. Vent...
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Soy-Almond vs. Soy: Bettering A Bread To Beat Prostate Cancer
Posted 1/27/2010 |
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers at The Ohio State University are testing proprietary recipes for soy-almond bread and soy bread for their potential to prevent and treat prostate cancer, the second most c...
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Ohio State Cancer Projects Benefit From Stimulus Funding
Posted 1/26/2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Federal stimulus money from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) is funding two major construction projects totaling almost $12 million that will benefit The Ohio State U...
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Computers Do Better than Humans at Measuring Some Radiology Images
Posted 1/25/2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Scientists have automated the measurement of a vital part of the knee in images with a computer program that performs much faster and just as reliably as humans who interpret the same...
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Scarf Project Benefits Stefanie Spielman Fund
Posted 1/21/2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio – International Development Collaborative is selling Ohio State scarves to benefit The Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research at Ohio State’s Comprehensive Cancer Center – Ja...
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Ohio State Receives “Med Into Grad” Grant
Posted 1/19/2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Sate University College of Medicine has been awarded a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to establish a new graduate program that encourages faculty and students...
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Early Immune Response Needed For Hit-And-Hide Cancer Virus
Posted 1/15/2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Retroviruses such as HIV and HTLV-1 don’t hit-and-run, they hit-and-hide. They slip into host cells and insert their own DNA into the cell’s DNA, and from this refuge they establish a...
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Muslim Physicians Open Free Medical Clinic
Posted 1/14/2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A free medical clinic for economically challenged families opens Jan. 20 at The Ohio State University. The clinic, operated by Muslim physicians and health care professionals, is open...
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Ohio State Appointments, Awards and Grants
Posted 1/12/2010
MARSH ANNOUNCED TO BOARD OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE COALITION
Dr. Clay Marsh, executive director of The Ohio State University Medical Center’s Center for Personalized Health Care and director of OSU ...
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New Members Appointed To James Cancer Hospital Board
Posted 1/6/2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Seven prominent business leaders have been appointed as public members of the James Cancer Hospital Board.
New public board members include:
Robert J. Massie is chair of The Jam...
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Amish Have Lower Rates Of Cancer, Ohio State Study Shows
Posted 1/1/2010 |
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – When Ohio State University cancer researchers first began studying a large sect of Amish living in Ohio, they theorized they would find higher incidence rates of cancer. That’s becaus...
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Ohio State Docs Test Patients for Exercise-Induced Asthma
Posted 12/30/2009 |
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – A medical test routinely used to diagnose a common breathing problem in athletes can be applied to a wider range of pulmonary patients, according to research at The Ohio State Univers...
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Ohio State Cancer Researcher Elected To National Post
Posted 12/29/2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Dr. Michael D. Lairmore (43212) of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute and a veterinarian in...
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Stefanie’s Champions Seeks Nominations For Caregivers
Posted 12/22/2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 11th annual Stefanie’s Champions Awards is seeking nomination for caregivers who are helping improve the lives of cancer patients. Six Champions will be honored during an annual a...
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Mutated Gene A Good Sign For Older Leukemia Patients, Too
Posted 12/21/2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Almost half of people younger than age 60 with acute myeloid leukemia may be cured of their disease, but that number plunges to 5 to 16 percent for people age 60 and older.
Why ol...
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Stem-Cell Activators Switch Function, Repress Mature Cells
Posted 12/16/2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio – In a developing animal, stem cells proliferate and differentiate to form the organs needed for life. A new study shows how a crucial step in this process happens and how a reversal of...
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Growth Continues For Ohio State's Heart Program
Posted 12/14/2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio –The Ohio State University Medical Center’s Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital continued its upward growth trend into 2009 with increases in patient admissions, outpatient visits and surgic...
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