Health + Wellness

Bioethicists from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and The Hastings Center, working with a research administrator at The Rockefeller University, are proposing a reexamination of an internationally recognized rule limiting in vitro research on human embryos to 14 days post-fertiliza...

Research may offer clue into biologic role of these genes in tumor progression Little is known about the molecular basis of aberrant protein glycosylation, a complex enzymatic process that is a hallmark of many human cancers—including colorectal cancers (CRC). Yet in a recent study published in the ...

I just signed up for VeloSano Bike to Cure, marking the second year that the Case CCC will coordinate a team. I'm hoping you will join me. We had a great time last year, and this year should be even better, and our team even larger! I encourage you to take the time to sign up. Information about ou...

Longer lifespans, due to advances in medicine and public health, also mean people are living longer with multiple chronic conditions. To help people avoid long, slow declines in health, the national health care system should promote disease prevention earlier in life instead of emphasizing short-te...

Usher syndrome (USH) is characterized by hearing loss or deafness at birth and progressive vision loss, and is the most common cause of inherited dual sensory deficit. No treatment is currently available to stop or slow the progression of vision or hearing loss in USH3, one of three clinical classif...

Here's your chance! The National Cancer Institute (NCI) recently launched an online platform for people to submit research ideas for the Cancer Moonshot. Suggestions will be collected by the Blue Ribbon Panel and formulated into RFAs with short submission times. I will remind you that the Provocat...

The Hartwell Foundation, a Memphis-based philanthropic institution committed to funding innovative biomedical pediatrics research, has named Case Western Reserve University among its national Top 10 Centers of Biomedical Research. The prestigious designation allows Case Western Reserve to nominate ...

At the end of this week, many of you will be attending the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Once again, we are excited to have many members and trainees participating, presenting, and leading sessions. If we accidentally missed anyone, please email canc...

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have been honored by the prestigious Clinical Research Forum for their groundbreaking clinical investigation of blood pressure and colon cancer in African Americans, providing findings that could transform how care is delivered. Earlier...

So-called millennials consider their generation the most narcissistic ever. Older generations agree—but think the narcissism goes even beyond what millennials admit. Joshua Grubbs For millennials (adults born between 1980 and 1994, and also known as “Generation Y”), this assessment by their pare...