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Are you the mother of a 10- to 14-year-old girl? If so, take part in a research study on family relationships and teenagers’ emotions. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are studying how family relationships influence teenager’s emotions. Both the mother and daughter will fill out…

Testing rape kit backlogs saves millions of dollars Vocativ: Researchers at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention and Research, led by senior research associate Rachel Lovell and director Daniel J. Flannery, talked about the estimated savings to victims, as well as to the community, when…

Employers hate the Cadillac tax. Why? Modern Healthcare: Joseph White, the Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy, discussed the Cadillac tax, or the 40 percent surcharge on the value of employer-based premiums exceeding specific thresholds. “It's just a lot easier to cut the benefits than to…

Cord-blood transplants show promise in leukemia treatment HealthDay News: Marcos de Lima, professor of medicine, said he was surprised by the results of a recent study showing umbilical cord blood may work as well as bone marrow or stem-cell transplants in leukemia treatments.

Boom in unproven cell therapies intensifies regulatory debate Nature: Biology Professor Arnold Caplan weighed in on the debate over whether the Federal Drug Administration should review stem-cell treatments conducted by clinics.

Chronic pain’s emotional toll can lead to suicide Columbus Dispatch: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and professor of bioethics, talked about how prolonging life doesn’t always mean prolonging quality of life. “Everyone wants to die in their sleep, but that only happens to 7 to…

CWRU professor receives $9.7 million grant to study Crohn's disease Crain’s Cleveland Business (subscription only): Fabio Cominelli, professor of medicine and pathology, recently won a $9.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to work toward a better understand and eventual cure of…

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Case Western Reserve maintained its position at 37 in U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Colleges” rankings released today. Engineering moved up four slots over last year, to be 37th as well. Weatherhead School of Management’s undergraduate program, meanwhile, moved up one slot to…

A new scientific study reveals one way to stop proteins from triggering an energy failure inside nerve cells during Huntington’s disease. Huntington’s disease is an inherited genetic disorder caused by mutations in the gene that encodes huntingtin protein. Approximately 30,000 Americans have mutant…