Health + Wellness
March 06, 2020
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March 06, 2020
Copper levels increase in inflamed tissues and have been shown to promote colorectal cancer progression. Given that chronic inflammation is distinguished as a cancer risk factor, Xiaoxia Li, PhD, a researcher at Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute and member of the Case CCC's Hematopoietic…
March 06, 2020
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March 06, 2020
A bibliometric analysis recently published in the International Journal of Surgery found articles authored by Michael W. Kattan, PhD were most-cited in the field of urological surgery. Dr. Kattan is the Dr. Keyhan and Dr. Jafar Mobasseri Endowed Chair for Innovations in Cancer Research at Cleveland…
March 03, 2020
Case Western Reserve University researchers use lipids to safely deliver gene therapy to the eye, successfully holding off advance of rare, inherited eye disorder Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have used a
unique method to safely deliver gene therapy to fight a rare, but…
February 28, 2020
Shanina Knighton, PhD, RN , CTSC KL2 Scholar and nurse scientist and instructor at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, talks about the relative value of face masks against the coronavirus and emphasizes good hygiene, especially hand washing, as the the most effective protection against the…
February 26, 2020
Dear Cancer Center Community: As President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III announced today, I am honored to take on the responsibilities of serving you as dean of the CWRU School of Medicine (SOM) on an interim basis as of July 1, 2020, while maintaining my position as director of the…
February 21, 2020
The Master of Public Health (MPH) program turned 20 years old this week, celebrating the milestone with a symposium and dinner celebration on February 20, 2020. A dynamic program of education, research, and service, the mission of the Public Health program is to prepare students to develop,…
February 20, 2020
The researchers used Artificial Intelligence (AI)—in this case, computer image analysis of the initial MRI scans taken of brain cancer patients—and compared that image analysis with genomic research to analyze the cancer. The result: a new and more accurate way to not only determine the relative…
February 19, 2020
Nikhil Krishnan describes his educational journey as a mix of math and medicine. After earning a bachelor’s degree in physics from Case Western Reserve University, he went on to pursue a medical degree at the School of Medicine. “I’ve been fascinated with math since grade school,” he said, “and…