September 22, 2020

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and UC Health will host a Phase 2 clinical trial (NCT04511650) to examine the effects of a drug that targets blood vessel inflammation and injury in patients with COVID-19. They will study the effects of razuprotafib, an investigational drug that activates a key pathway for stabilizing blood vessels in the lung and other organs in patients with moderate to severe cases of the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The drug may prevent and treat respiratory distress in COVID-19 patients. The Phase 2 clinical trial will assess safety, tolerability and efficacy of razuprotafib.

September 24, 2020

Dr. Katherine Burns' experience with endometriosis fuels her research to find a cure for a disease that affects one in 10 women. The University of Cincinnati researcher was recently awarded a five-year $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to look more closely at how the immune system may play a role in the development of endometriosis.

September 29, 2020

By examining preexisting research for other conditions, researchers at the University of Cincinnati have found a potential treatment that could be applied to COVID-19.

September 1, 2020

Brett Kissela, MD, senior associate dean for clinical research at the UC College of Medicine, served as an example for the research he oversees and conducts, as he became a participant in the Moderna vaccine trial.

August 26, 2020

Drugs.com reports on UC research that shows adolescents with generalized anxiety disorder may benefit from use of escitalopram.

August 26, 2020

Jennifer Forrester, MD, associate professor of infectious diseases in the UC College of Medicine and UC Health physician, told WLWT that she appreciates the attention flu vaccines are suddenly getting from area residents. “There is nothing particularly wrong or harmful in getting the flu vaccine now versus waiting,” Forrester told WLWT.

August 28, 2020

Kristin Weghorn, a lab supervisor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine describes the various research projects being conducted at UC around COVID-19.

September 19, 2020

University of Cincinnati researchers have found that certain treatments for cancer may increase the chance of death if they contract COVID-19.

September 15, 2020

Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, PhD, an associate professor in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and UC Health physician, discusses seasonal allergies with local TV stations Fox 19 and WCPO.

September 14, 2020

Neurosciences graduate student Jennifer Patritti Cram has received a Young Investigator Award from the Children’s Tumor Foundation