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Fireworks can be breathtaking spectacles, creating glittering showers of sparks and earth-rumbling booms that thrill people for miles around.

Researchers from NIST, Oregon Health and Science University and the New York University School of Medicine have demonstrated that deleting two genes in mice responsible for repairing DNA strands damaged by oxidation leads to several types of tumors, providing additional evidence that such stress contributes to the development of cancer.

Main Category: Eye Health / Blindness Also Included In: Genetics Article Date: 01 Jul 2009 - 3:00 PDT Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation , a privately-held, clinical stage biotechnology company developing novel systems to deliver human therapeutics, announces that AGTC has entered into an agreement with the National Neurovision Research ...

Those are the findings of a new study published online in Obesity by researchers at Statistics Canada, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland State University, Oregon Health & Science University, and McGill University.

From Neuroimmunology Research , Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, Ore; and the Departments of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine , Neurology , Molecular Microbiology and Immunology , and Pathology , Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore.

A Vancouver man has been identified as the victim of a stabbing Friday night in Clackamas.

A scientist who is moving his team of researchers from Montreal to a new institute in Port St.

Portland State University's tech transfer office is gaining steam under the leadership of Dana Bostrom.

Main Category: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 24 Jun 2009 Underweight people and those who are extremely obese die earlier than people of normal weight - but those who are overweight actually live longer than people of normal weight.

Underweight people and those who are extremely obese die earlier than people of normal weight -- but those who are overweight actually live longer than people of normal weight.

Catlin Gabel senior Tom Vogt, an intern at the Audubon Society of Portland weighs a western screech owl.

For nearly two years, the state fought against releasing records The Oregonian sought related to the unclaimed dead whose bodies were donated to OHSU or cremated through Oregon's Indigent Burial Fund.

Bioinformatics Advance Access originally published online on April 28, 2009 Bioinformatics 2009 25 :1617-1624; doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btp282 1Integrative Biosciences, Oregon Health and Science University , 611 SW Campus Dr SOD705, Portland, OR 97239, 2Independent Consultant, Los Angeles, CA and 3Department of Cardiology, Oregon Health and ...

Calvin Harrison, director of Providence Cancer Center, says Providence carefully weighed the need for more cancer beds before building its tower.

Main Category: Colorectal Cancer Also Included In: Pain / Anesthetics Article Date: 17 Jun 2009 - 0:00 PDT More pre-cancerous polyps were found in colonoscopies performed with deep sedation primarily using Propofol than with milder sedation in which patients remained conscious, according to a recent study conducted by Katherine Hoda, M.D. of Oregon ...

Oregon Health and Science University is contacting about 1,000 patients after a doctor's laptop computer with treatment information was taken during the morning Saturday, June 6, from a car parked in front of her Washington County home.

Oregon Health and Science University is contacting about 1,000 patients after a doctor's laptop computer with treatment information was taken last weekend from a car parked in front of a Washington County home.

A new $241 million office building at Portland International Airport will be a showcase for recycling sewage to help sustain the environment.

Companies mentioned in this article: Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. Study suggests hESCs could serve as a safe source of cells to treat diseases of the eye Advanced Cell Technology, Inc.

Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. and its collaborators at OHSU reported today the long-term safety and efficacy of human embryonic stem cell -derived retinal pigment epithelium produced under manufacturing conditions suitable for human clinical trials.