Health + Wellness

In the United States, almost three of every 1,000 children are born with a detectable level of hearing loss in one or both ears. An early-stage researcher at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is receiving a major grant to help address the problem in an innovative way. Martin…

School of Medicine’s biochemistry department team, in partnership with Q2 Pharma, to develop antivirulence agents that disarm bacteria of deadly toxins Case Western Reserve University and Q2 Pharma Ltd., an Israeli biopharmaceutical company, have signed a two-year option to license small molecule,…

The Trump administration has proposed cutting $5.8 billion—19 percent—from the National Institutes of Health’s 2018 budget. One of the stated aims of the reduction is to improve administrative efficiency by eliminating a large portion of indirect or “overhead” payments to universities and other…

Bottom Line: Researchers discovered three novel genetic mutations associated with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy, the most common corneal disorder requiring transplantation. Journal in Which the Study was Published: Nature Communications Author: Sudha K. Iyengar, PhD, Professor of…

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have developed a breakthrough, noninvasive technique to develop stem cells strongly relevant to the study of Down syndrome. Writing in the journal STEM CELLS Translational Medicine, the researchers detail their development of an…

Recently, I reread the books of Lewis Thomas, MD. These beautiful collections of essays, many originally published in the New England Journal of Medicine as “Notes of a Biology Watcher,” are lyrical reflections on the human condition and the high position of medicine and science therein. Dr.…

I-Corps@Ohio program aims to advance research into products for medical treatments or surgeries Four medical-technology research teams at Case Western Reserve University will participate in focused entrepreneurial training through I-Corps@Ohio, an Ohio Department of Higher Education initiative…

More than a third of HIV patients develop oral conditions from immune systems compromised by the virus and its treatment, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) While advances in HIV treatment have dramatically improved patient lifespans and quality of life, nagging side effects…

A light-sensing pigment found in everything from bacteria to vertebrates can be biochemically manipulated to reset itself, an important therapeutic advantage, according to new research out of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. In a study just released from the Proceedings of the…

New study also provides drug screening platform for broad therapeutic development A multi-institutional team led by researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have grown stem cells from children with a devastating neurological disease to help explain how different genetic…