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July 30, 2010
CLEVELAND - Jonathan Stamler, MD, Director of the Institute for Transformative Molecular Medicine and the Robert S. and Sylvia K. Reitman Family Foundation Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Innovation at the Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Harrington-McLaughlin Heart &…
July 21, 2010
CLEVELAND - The Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Case Medical Center Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) announced today it has received a five-year renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for $9 million. The CFAR provides clinical and technological support to…
July 19, 2010
CLEVELAND - Cynthia Owusu, MD, associate professor at Case Western Reserve University and geriatric-oncologist at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, the School’s primary affiliate, has received nearly $500,000 from Susan G. Komen For the Cure to fund a novel three-year study aimed at…
July 14, 2010
CLEVELAND - Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men with an estimated 192,280 new cases diagnosed in the US in 2009 (Jemal 2009). Diet is considered one of the most important controllable risk factors for inflammation and prostate diseases including benign…
July 13, 2010
CLEVELAND - Using chemical labeling and mass spectrometry-based techniques, Mark Chance, PhD, director of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics and professor of physiology and biophysics; Sayan Gupta, PhD, instructor at the Case Center for…
July 12, 2010
CLEVELAND - The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has named Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine as the lead institution of an International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research (ICEMR). The $7.9M…
June 25, 2010
CLEVELAND - Athersys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHX) and its collaborators, including the Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (CSCRM) and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), announced today that they have been awarded $1 million through the Ohio Third Frontier Biomedical Program to support…
June 24, 2010
CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve University's School of Medicine and Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing have received a $640,000 grant from the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation to fund the new Interprofessional Learning Exchange and Development (I-LEAD) Program. The project will involve several…
June 22, 2010
CLEVELAND - A study by investigators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine published in this week’s issue of JAMA found that public hospital comparison data reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services does not accurately correlate with a patient’s risk for surgical…
June 15, 2010
CLEVELAND — A team of researchers led by Elliott Dasenbrook, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Associate Director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program at University Hospitals Case Medical Center’s Rainbow Babies &…