August 02, 2022
Oxford, UK and Cleveland, Ohio, USA – The Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre (OHC), a partnership of the University of Oxford and Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio, today announced its support of a novel treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare neuromuscular disease...
Continue ReadingSeptember 13, 2016
The Lasker Awards, among the most respected prizes in medicine, will go to six researchers who made major discoveries in physiology and virology, and to a scientist who has tirelessly promoted science education, the announced on Tuesday.The awards, honoring basic medical research, clinical research and special achievement... Continue Reading
May 05, 2016
For the past decade, venture philanthropists have been working to propel promising therapies and vaccines into the clinic, with some success.Venture philanthropist Bill Gates looks on as a health worker vaccinates a child in GhanaIn December 2015, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan made a stunning... Continue Reading
February 11, 2016
Dr. Jonathan Stamler, director of The Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals in Cleveland, has earned a reputation as a “genius.”“Some people are geniuses,” his fatherâinâlaw Norman Wain said. “Geniuses have a capacity to work.”“He has this sort of infectious personality to want to drive... Continue Reading