Health + Wellness

CWRU’s Mark Chance, director, to lead webinar today describing the project The Case Center for Synchrotron Biosciences has been awarded second prize in the 2017 Sharing Research Resources Award by the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC). According to the AAMC, “award winners demonstrate ...

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and The Young Scientist Foundation will present an exciting evening of gourmet dishes and wine pairings to benefit their joint program enabling underserved Cleveland-area high school students to participate in cancer and other vital research in thei...

The alumni were here! This past weekend we welcomed the largest number of School of Medicine alumni ever. They toured the Health Education Campus, partied at the Global Center for Health Innovation, cheered our students and alumni award winners, mingled with one another, and exchanged memories and ...

Cleveland-based Theramalin Inc., a privately held company founded by a Case Western Reserve University diabetes researcher, has partnered with Sanofi, a multi-national pharmaceutical firm, in a collaboration that involves $17.5 million in venture-capital financing for new insulin therapies. The par...

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showing the bacteria E. coli and S. marcescens surrounding the fungus Candida tropicalis. Scientists have determined that fungus may play a key role in chronic intestinal inflammation disorders. They found that patients with Crohn’s disease tend to h...

A Case Western Reserve University-led study of a promising medication for people with Down syndrome is going global. Brazilian authorities’ recent approval of a clinical trial in São Paulo not only increases the diversity of participants in the project begun in Cleveland, but also provides an oppor...

Case Western Reserve University researcher lands DoD grant Patented artificial blood platelets developed by a Case Western Reserve University researcher, which have already proven to significantly reduce bleeding in mice and pigs, are getting another boost with a $1 million U.S. Department of Defens...

Case Western Reserve University researchers target tumor protein A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent being tested by researchers at Case Western Reserve University not only pinpoints breast cancers at early stages but differentiates between aggressive and slow-growing types. “Doin...

We are pleased to announce that the video from Dr. Monica Webb Hooper’s presentation at Case CCC Continuing Education Session on 11/3/2016, "Engaging Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Populations in Clinical Trials,” has been posted on the CWRU CREC Program website. Viewing the presentation and taki...

Case Western Reserve University has a rich history—so rich, in fact, that several sites around campus have been designated with historic markers. This month, we’ll take you around campus to highlight some of the university’s most historic spots. An Ohio Historical Marker stands outside the Frances ...