March 19, 2024
The eleventh annual Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine has been awarded to Arlene H. Sharpe, MD, PhD, Kolokotrones University Professor and Chair of the Department of Immunology at Harvard Medical School. The award recognizes her breakthrough discoveries in immune regulation, which have established foundational...
Continue ReadingJune 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
May 27, 2017
From CEOs and politicians to philanthropists and entrepreneurs, Crain’s Who’s Who list is just a snapshot of those making an impact on Northeast Ohio. There were no specific criteria used, but our editorial team huddled and determined which leaders we thought every person doing business in the region should know. Special... Continue Reading
September 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