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October 15, 2024

Former UK Prime Minister David Cameron Joins Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre (OHC) as Chair of its Advisory Council

Lord Cameron will lead international efforts to drive the OHC’s mission of delivering 40 new therapies for rare diseases into clinical trials over the next ten years Continue Reading

September 26, 2024

Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Open Call for 2025 Harrington-MSTP Scholar Award

Grant award provides MD/PhD candidates with funding and expertise to translate promising scientific discoveries into medicines Continue Reading

September 24, 2024

Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre to Host Symposium on Pioneering Research and Innovation in Rare Disease Treatments

The Symposium explores how cutting-edge research, innovative treatment strategies, and collaboration is driving the development of effective therapies for rare diseases. Continue Reading

September 11, 2024

Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre Appoints Influential UK Leader in Health Innovation Policy, Baroness Nicola Blackwood, to its Advisory Council

In her position on OHC’s Advisory Council, Baroness Blackwood will contribute to advancing OHC’s mission to drive life-changing discoveries in rare disease, with a particular focus on addressing critical unmet needs in the UK. Continue Reading

September 10, 2024

New Study Shows that Chronic Neurodegeneration can be Prevented after Traumatic Brain Injury

Now, University Hospitals (UH) and Case Western Reserve University researchers have moved a step closer to finding answers in a study recently published in Cell Reports Medicine. Continue Reading

July 23, 2024

Nominations Open for 12th Annual International Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine

Harrington Discovery Institute and the American Society for Clinical Investigation seek nominations to recognize an outstanding achievement by a physician-scientist Continue Reading

July 16, 2024

Case Western Reserve University receives $1.5M grant from Foundation Fighting Blindness to test possible new treatment for inherited retinal disease

There’s only one U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved therapy for an inherited retinal disease, and dozens of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) genes for which no therapy is available. Continue Reading

July 11, 2024

Researchers Identify Potential Therapeutic Target for Management of Thirst Disorders

University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University team show cerebellum is a thirst-modulating brain center Continue Reading

May 17, 2024

The Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre Announces Newly Funded Grant Award Programmes to Develop New Therapies for Friedreich’s Ataxia

The Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre (‘OHC’), a partnership (between the University of Oxford, UK and Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio) aimed at driving cutting-edge rare disease breakthroughs, is pleased to announce that it has received a philanthropic donation of up to £650,000... Continue Reading

May 01, 2024

Harrington Discovery Institute Opens Call for 2025 Harrington Scholar-Innovator Award

Unique program for physician-scientists to advance promising discoveries into medicines Continue Reading

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