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Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company, last week announced the first patient enrolled in a Phase 2a trial to assess the effectiveness of AZD5847, a new test drug for patients with tuberculosis (TB), including patients with HIV co-infec...

Four of Forbes magazine’s list of the year’s 30 most innovative young thinkers in science and healthcare come from Case Western Reserve. Forbes annual “30 Under 30” list highlights Cindy Chang, a fifth-year medical student at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve Unive...

A regional team including researchers from Case Western Reserve has won $4 million to design a wind farm in Lake Erie—along with the possibility they can compete for $46 million more to build it. The U.S. Department of Energy announced last week that Northeast Ohio’s Project Icebreaker is one of se...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified a molecule linked to more aggressive forms of breast cancer—a discovery that could point the way to potential cures. Until this study, the ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule called miR-181a had never before been tied to ...

Case Western Reserve has joined a consortium of more than 600 colleges and universities that provide tuition assistance to dependents of individuals who work at participating schools. Campus families with children planning to attend college—particularly those who would enroll in 2013—are encouraged...

When the nominees for the 55th annual Grammy awards were announced last week, artists, producers and engineers around the world waited with bated breath to see if they would be among those selected for the musical honors. But not Bruce Egre, an instructor of audio engineering in the Department of Mu...

A regional partnership that helped secure more than $120 million to advance medical knowledge and treatments has won a new form of recognition: the national Health Improvement Institute’s Award for Excellence in Human Research Protection. The honor, one of just three the institute granted this year...

The initial excitement of hearing a new song fades as it’s replayed to death. That’s because the brain naturally functions as a kind of ticking time bomb, obliterating the thrill of artistic sounds, images and words by making them familiar over time. So the artist, musician or author’s challenge is...

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine announced last week it will receive funding through the Achieving Healthy Growth program within the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative. This initiative was launched by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to overcome persistent bottlenecks ...

By Shivani Parikh Final exams begin tomorrow, and stress levels are high as students buckle down, spending every spare minute in the library reviewing notes, re-learning material and writing papers upon papers. Amid all the chaos, though, it’s important to relax. Fortunately, many campus organizati...