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summer 2011 issue

features

Countering the Lollipop Lifestyle

Modern conveniences like junk food and cell phones take their toll on kids as childhood obesity rates skyrocket

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New Regenerative Medicine Center

The National Center for Regenerative Medicine and the Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Combine Forces

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Rx for med school students: Fresh air

Just get outside, get out of your comfort zone and be with nature and be with your friends and be who you are.

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news

School Named International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research

Award-Winning Innovation

Clifford V. Harding Named Chair

Building Better Chemotherapy

NEI Grant Boosts Fight Against Retinal Disease

NHLBI Grant Funds Study of Red Blood Cell Transfusions

from the dean

The paradox of war

The irony of war means that where destruction is intended and attained, reconstruction is inevitably the result. Read the dean's letter.

philanthropy

Mending wounded soldiers

discoveries

New Sporadic Prion Disease Identified

New Sporadic Prion Disease Identified

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a new sporadic prion protein disease...

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Pacing Embryonic Heart with Laser

Uncovering Hidden Trans Fat

Speeding up the heart might not require any extra time on the treadmill. According to researchers at Case Western Reserve University...

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Dual Recognition Mechanism in TB

Dual Recognition Mechanism in TB

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have gained new insight into how tuberculosis evades the body's immune...

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Immune System Linked to Neurological Disease

Immune System Linked to
Neurological Disease

Cells that help protect the nervous system may also contribute to the development of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease...

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Pet-1 Gene Helps Maintain Serotonin

Cataract

Using new gene targeting approaches developed at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, researchers discovered...

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Missed Opportunities for HIV Testing

Missed Opportunities for HIV Testing

Health care providers are missing key opportunities to test patients for HIV, according to Ann Avery, MD, assistant professor of medicine...

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Uncovering Hidden Trans Fat

Uncovering Hidden Trans Fat

Trans fat could be hiding in your trans fat-free snacks, no matter what the packaging says.

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Cancer Drugs for Crohn's + Sarcoidosis

Cancer Drugs Offer New Hope

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found two drugs commonly used to fight cancer could be used in the treatment...

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