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Patty Zamora

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Patty Zamora writes on the advancements and discoveries taking place at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.  

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Researchers uncover how brain’s social skills impact recovery from early schizophrenia

Researchers at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University have discovered a target in brain function that could change how schizophrenia patients are treated. “We’ve been treating schizophrenia with a one-size-fits-all approach for…

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University uncover HIV mystery that could unlock the path to a cure

For over three decades, HIV has played an elaborate game of hide-and-seek with researchers, making treating—and possibly even curing—the disease a seemingly insurmountable obstacle to achieve. But scientists at Case Western Reserve University have made a breakthrough discovery that could…

Molecular ‘brake’ in brain development could hold key to treating multiple sclerosis

A team of scientists led by the Institute for Glial Sciences (IGS) at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine has discovered a built-in “brake” that controls when key brain cells mature. In multiple sclerosis (MS), this brake appears to stay on too long, leaving the cells unable to…

Breakthrough discovery sparks new hope for breathing recovery after spinal cord injuries

Today, about 300,000 people in the United States are living with a spinal cord injury, with respiratory complications being the most common cause of illness and death, according to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. But the results of a new study, led by researchers at Case Western…

Nursing’s Susan Painter offers intentional support to combat unintentional overdoses

Since the nation’s opioid crisis began in the 1990s, unintentional overdose deaths have claimed the lives of tens of thousands of Americans annually. And through the years, Susan Painter has seen the heartbreak—and insufficient support for families and healthcare providers grieving these…

New gene tool leads to better treatments for complex diseases

Genetic changes can signal evidence of disease, but pinpointing which genes and what’s changed can be difficult. But in a study of traits that offer clues of a person’s cardiovascular health—such as lipid and glucose levels and inflammation—a team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University…