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UC cardiologist finds proteins in diabetic patients may indicate future heart disease

May 13, 2021

Donald Lynch Jr., MD, assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, will be presenting preliminary research at the American College of Cardiology on Saturday, May 15, that suggests plasma proteins discovered in the blood samples of diabetic patients who went on to develop obstructive coronary disease (OCAD) may serve as biomarkers of severe heart blockage.

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UC student uses zebrafish to study spinal deformities

January 21, 2021

Oriana Zinani, a doctoral student in molecular developmental biology at the University of Cincinnati, is part of a team of researchers using zebrafish embryos to study a gene mutation that causes scoliosis, a sideways curvature of the spine that typically occurs in humans just before puberty.

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A new combination for cancer treatment

January 22, 2021

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have tested a new combination therapy in head and neck cancer animal models to see if they could find a way to make an already effective treatment even better.

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A new co-driver in breast cancer

March 9, 2021

University of Cincinnati researchers have discovered that cooperation between two key genes drive cancer growth, spread and treatment resistance in one particularly aggressive type of breast cancer. The good news is, though, with this knowledge, they can continue to aim their targeted treatments at these genes, singularly and together, to stop breast cancer in its tracks.

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Role Reversal

June 10, 2020

UC breast cancer surgeon Beth Shaughnessy learns firsthand what it’s like to overcome cancer and keeps kindness and positivity at the center of her healing