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August 10, 2011
Student fall 2011 RTA passes are effective from Aug. 11-Jan. 17.
Graduate students may purchase passes at Access Services for $75; students must be registered in SIS as a full-time graduate student to purchase an RTA pass. Returning undergraduate resident students may obtain their pass starting on ...
July 28, 2011
An artificial lung built by Cleveland researchers has reached efficiencies akin to the genuine organ, using air—not pure oxygen as current man-made lungs require—for the source of the essential element.
Use in humans is still years away, but for the 200 million lung disease sufferers worldwide, ...
July 19, 2011
Researcher links anorexia to early-onset osteoporosis in women.
Anorexia can have devastating health consequences, including putting women at risk for early-onset osteoporosis.
According to Kathryn Teng, a personal health expert at Cast Western Reserve University School of Medicine and director of ...
July 18, 2011
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine recently made a breakthrough that holds promise for the nearly 1.2 million people with upper spinal cord injuries: They bridged a spinal cord injury and biologically regenerated lost nerve connections to the diaphragm, restoring breat...
July 13, 2011
CLEVELAND - Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine bridged a spinal cord injury and biologically regenerated lost nerve connections to the diaphragm, restoring breathing in an adult rodent model of spinal cord injury. The work, which restored 80 to more than 100 percent of...
July 06, 2011
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have discovered a long-sought cellular factor that works to inhibit HIV infection of myeloid cells, a subset of white blood cells that display antigens and are important for the body’s immune response against viruses and other pathogens....
June 30, 2011
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestives and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to study intestinal inflammation.
The five-year grant from the institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),...
June 28, 2011
CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestives and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to study intestinal inflammation.
The five-year grant from the institute, which is part of the National Institutes of H...
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June 16, 2011
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a genetic factor that can regulate obesity-induced inflammation that contributes to chronic health problems.
If they learn to control levels of the factor in defense cells called macrophages, “We have a shot at a nove...
June 13, 2011
Study offers insights on how nurse practitioners can help patients develop healthy habits.
Headlines about the country’s expanding waistlines are nothing new, but a recent study of exercise habits in overweight and obese individuals is shedding light on how health professionals can help patients mak...