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winter 2012 issue

features

Microbes Versus Mankind

As humans and medicine evolve, so do the diseases we battle

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Fountainhead

11.3-Million Grant Creates Fast Track for Cancer Clinical Trials

$11.3-Million Grant Creates Fast Track for Cancer Clinical Trials

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Classroom Perspectives

Classroom Perspectives

Weaving Basic Science into the Clinical Rotation

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news

NIMH Grant Renews Long-term Study of Childhood Psychiatric Disorders

Medical School Teams with Great Lakes Science Center on Health Education

Exploring Viral Nanoparticles

NIH Grant Funds Models to Study Cystic Fibrosis

Brain Tumor Biobank

$6.75M Grant Funds Research on Inflammatory Bowel Disease

from the dean

Let's Play Ball

Four decades ago, a promising young scientist sought his first professorship. He had a PhD from Johns Hopkins, prestigious postdoctoral fellowships and a strong record of early publications. Out of all the institutions in the world to begin a research career, he chose Case Western Reserve... Read the dean's letter.

philanthropy

Mighty Mesenchymal

discoveries

Rethinking Pacemakers in Heart Failure

Rethinking Pacemakers In Heart Failure Treatment

Three-lead pacemakers might not be worth the risk and expense for nearly half of the heart failure patients who use them, according to research...

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A More Portable Artificial Lung

A More Portable Artificail Lung

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center have developed an artificial lung that more closely...

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High-fat Diets Could Help Damaged Hearts

High-fat Diets Could Help Damaged Hearts

Contrary to decades of dietary recommendations, cutting fats might not help patients suffering from heart failure. In fact, a School of Medicine study...

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Electronic Records Boost Quality of Care

Electronic Records Boost Quality Of Care

New research from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine shows recent federal investments in electronic health records...

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Preventing Type 2 Diabetes

Preventing type 2 diabetes

For people with type 2 diabetes, sitagliptin helps control blood sugar levels. New research from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine shows...

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Researchers Find New Biomarker for sCJD

Researchers Indentify New Biomarker

School of Medicine researchers have identified the first disease-specific biomarker for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD).

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Tracking the Spread of Cancer

Tracking The Spread Of Cancer

For the first time, scientists have seen how cancer cells move in the brain, thanks to a new imaging technique developed at Case Western Reserve...

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Defective Cells Cause Retinal Degeneration

Defective Cells Cause Retinal Degeneration

Researchers at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have discovered the mechanism that causes blindness in a rare eye disease, which may shed light...

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