Research
As the state's only health and research university, OHSU's breakthrough research leads to new cures, new standards of care and a better understanding of health and the biomedical sciences. OHSU researchers are exploring new basic, clinical and applied research frontiers, environmental and biomedical engineering and information sciences.
In the Spotlight
OHSU Scientists First To Successfully Develop Spindle Transfer Process for Gene Therapy
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University’s Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) believe they have developed one of the first forms of genetic therapy – a therapy aimed at preventing serious diseases in unborn children. Specifically, the therapy would combat inherited diseases passed on from mothers to their children through mutated DNA in cell mitochondria.
