Study Sheds Light on Genetic Factors for Intracranial Aneurysm Risk
Joseph Broderick, MD, Director of the UC Neuroscience Institute, at the UC Academic Health Center. Photo by UC Academic Health Center Communications Services. CONTACT: Keith Herrell 513-558-4559 [email protected] CINCINNATI—A large collaborative study that included researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine is reporting a new chromosomal region associated with intracranial aneurysm susceptibility, […]
Gardner Center Researchers Publish Results of Parkinson’s Studies
Alberto Espay, MD, MSc, on the UC Academic Health Center campus. Photo by Cindy Starr for UCNI. Contact: Keith Herrell (513) 558-4559 [email protected] As a disease with no known cure at present, Parkinson’s disease is the focus of numerous research efforts worldwide. Researchers at the UC Neuroscience Institute’s James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family […]
Joseph Broderick Named Director of UCNI
Joseph Broderick, MD, photo by UC Academic Health Center Communications Services. Contact: Keith Herrell 513-558-4559 [email protected] Joseph Broderick, MD, has been named Director of the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute (UCNI) effective Jan. 1, 2014. Dr. Broderick, who has served as UCNI research director, will assume the new position as John M. Tew, MD, who […]
Regulation of Cancer-Causing Protein Could Lead to New Therapeutic Targets
Atsuo Sasaki, PhD, in his lab at the Vontz Center for Molecular Studies. Photo by Cindy Starr. Contact: Katie Pence 513-558-4561 [email protected] CINCINNATI—Researchers with the Cincinnati Cancer Center (CCC) and the University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute have discovered a new regulation for the cancer-causing protein KRas that may help with the development of targeted therapies […]
UC Selected as National Center for New Stroke Trials Network
University of Cincinnati Stroke Team. Photo by UC Academic Health Center Communications Services. CONTACT: Keith Herrell 513-558-4559 [email protected] CINCINNATI—The University of Cincinnati (UC) has been selected as the national coordinating center for a new National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) clinical trials network, highlighting UC’s ongoing key role in federally funded stroke research. […]
UC to Join International Traumatic Brain Injury Research Collaboration
Opeolu Adeoye, MD, at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Photo by UC Academic Health Center Communications Services. CINCINNATI—University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers will begin enrolling patients in the spring of 2014 in an international, multi-site research project to better understand traumatic brain injury (TBI). The five-year project, funded by an $18.8 million National Institutes […]
UC Researchers Unravel Important Role of Rb Tumor Suppressor in Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer
Samuel Godar, PhD, left, and James Driscoll, MD, PhD, at a dual microscope. CONTACT: Cindy Starr 513-558-3505 [email protected] CINCINNATI—The retinoblastoma (Rb) protein plays a critical role in suppressing the multi-step process of cell migration through the bloodstream, lymphovascular invasion and the metastasis of an aggressive type of breast cancer to the lung, researchers at the […]
UCNI Mourns Passing of James J. Gardner, Philanthropist and Humanitarian
From left, James J. and Joan A. Gardner with Fredy J. Revilla, MD, the Gardner Family Center for Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Chair, in 2012. Photo by University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center Communications Services. The University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute mourns the passing of James J. “Jim” Gardner, a dear friend whose vision […]
Waddell Center for MS Welcomes Dr. Aram Zabeti
Contact: Cindy Starr (513) 558-3505 [email protected] Aram Zabeti, MD, the new Medical Director of the Waddell Center for Multiple Sclerosis at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute, has a lot of people to meet. About 1,800 to be precise. Over the next several months he will be meeting the Waddell Center’s patients one on one, […]
UC Specialists Embrace Wellness as Integral Component of Brain Cancer Care
CONTACT: Cindy Starr (513) 558-3505 [email protected] CINCINNATI—Self-empowerment through wellness is emerging as a critical part of patient care at the Brain Tumor Center at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute, one of four institutes of the UC College of Medicine and UC Health. In addition to working with surgeons, neuro-oncologists and radiation oncologists, patients are […]