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Case Western Reserve University startup, NervGen Pharma, raises $7.5M from initial public offering
NervGen Pharma Corp., a Vancouver-based company founded to develop regenerative-medicine technology licensed from Case Western Reserve University, raised about $7.5 million ($10 million in Canadian dollars) from an initial public offering. Shares of NervGen began trading on the Canadian TSX…
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Finding the right exercise, diet aids for HIV patients
Case Western Reserve School of Nursing study seeks to fine-tune, personalize exercise, nutrition ‘prescriptions’ for patients; could also apply to diabetes, heart disease, others Although generally true, it’s not enough for health care professionals to simply advise patients to “exercise more and…
Khorana, Bolwell Publish Case Study on Reducing Time-to-Treatment for Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patients
Alok Khorana, MD Time from new cancer diagnosis to starting treatment has increased over the past two decades - the median time to treatment at large academic centers is over six weeks. Delays in treatment are potentially linked to worse survival in certain cancers, especially…
Research Team to Study Stress of Parents Caring for Children Aided by Medical Technology
Kristie Ross, MD Kristie Ross, MD, Co-Medical Director of the CTSC Trial Innovation Network , is part of a research team at the CWRU Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing that has recently received a $2.2 million grant to study how parents can best deal with the stress of caring for…
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Raisa Echols and Rebecca Davenport (MS Medical Physiology Program)
Raisa Echols and Rebecca Davenport (MS Medical Physiology Program) selected for 2019 summer internships through the Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program - American Society for Engineering Education.
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At the meeting of the CWRU Board of Trustees this weekend there was a celebration of the remarkable success of the University’s capital campaign. A big part of that success can be attributed to the School of Medicine, which raised $667M over the period of the campaign.  How will that money be…
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Newly identified drug targets could open door for esophageal cancer therapeutics
Researchers block two cancer cell signaling pathways and slow tumor growth Blocking two molecular pathways that send signals inside cancer cells could stave off esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), the most common esophageal malignancy in the United States, according to new research from a team led by…
Stony Brook Hospital names Julie Mirkin chief nursing officer
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