May 09, 2023
National and international nominations are being sought for the 2024 Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine, which honors a physician-scientist who has moved science forward with achievements notable for innovation, creativity and the potential for clinical application. The Harrington Prize, which carries a $20,000...
Continue ReadingApril 02, 2020
April 2, 2020, CLEVELAND, Ohio USA –The Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio, announced today a new initiative that galvanizes its transatlantic network of academic institutions, foundations, and philanthropic partners to accelerate promising, near-term therapies to treat COVID-19 and its... Continue Reading
March 04, 2020
March 4, 2020, Cleveland, Ohio – Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals and the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) announce a joint request for proposals for the . The ADDF-Harrington Scholar Award is designed to accelerate the translation of innovative research that could treat, prevent, or slow... Continue Reading
February 28, 2020
February 28, 2020, CLEVELAND, Ohio USA – The 2021 Harrington Scholar-Innovator Award is now open and accepting Letters of Intent. The award offers inventive physician-scientists resources and expertise to advance their discoveries into medicines. Intellectual property rights are retained by the award recipient or his or her... Continue Reading
February 27, 2020
CLEVELAND — February 27, 2020—Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have used a unique method to safely deliver gene therapy to fight a rare, but irreversible, genetic eye disorder known as .By using chemically modified lipids - instead of the viruses most commonly used as carriers - Stargardt disease did not... Continue Reading
January 27, 2020
January 27, 2020, Cleveland, Ohio – The Harrington Discovery Institute® at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio, and its registered UK charity (Fund for Cures UK) have issued a call for proposals for the 2020 Harrington UK Rare Disease Scholar Award, a new program to advance promising research into novel treatments for... Continue Reading
December 19, 2019
December 19, 2019, Cleveland, Ohio – The Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio, today announced the 2020 class of Harrington Scholar-Innovators, which includes the Institute’s first Canadian Scholar. The grants will support a range of drug discovery projects including novel therapies for... Continue Reading
June 04, 2019
Key PointsTek Image / Science Photo Library / Getty ImagesMorgan Stanley is starting a new program that will let clients donate money to find treatments and cures for diseases.The program, called Morgan Stanley GIFT Cures, began today in tandem with a two-day conference the financial services firm is hosting.All donations made... Continue Reading
June 04, 2019
Morgan Stanley GIFT Cures is the first special interest initiative of the Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust.Morgan Stanley announced the launch of Morgan Stanley GIFT Cures, in partnership with the Harrington Discovery Institute, on Tuesday at its annual The Exchange conference. This is the first special interest... Continue Reading
January 20, 2019
Andrew A. Pieper, MD, PhD, Director, Center for Brain Health Medicines at Harrington Discovery Institute is program director for the $9.6 million grant, entitled Restoring the Neurovascular Unit, awarded to three members of Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals in 2018 for their research into brain health... Continue Reading
July 25, 2017
If you could write a medical wish-list of futuristic technologies, regenerating tissue would be pretty high up there. It could do things like treat a variety of inflammatory conditions and even help cancer patients regrow healthy cells.A new Seattle-based biotech startup, Rodeo Therapeutics, is hoping its technology can make... Continue Reading