Health + Wellness
August 10, 2012
CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve University’s ambitious collaboration to bring medical discoveries to patients has won an extraordinary endorsement: a $64.6 million federal grant that is the largest ever awarded in Northeast Ohio.
“Five years ago Cleveland’s leading biomedical institutions came tog...
August 02, 2012
Imagine curing cancer without nausea, hair loss, swelling or any of the other maladies that can accompany chemotherapy or radiation.
This week researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine took an extraordinary step toward realizing that remarkable vision.
And, as so often happ...
July 26, 2012
Cleveland – The Ohio Third Frontier Commission unanimously awarded Case Western Reserve University’s National Center for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM), $2.4 million for its OH-Alive Innovator Platform: A Process and Manufacturing Platform for Cell Therapy. These funds must be matched by NCRM and it...
July 20, 2012
CLEVELAND - Nationally renowned researcher Mukesh K. Jain, MD, of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has been elected to serve as vice president of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). In the subsequent two years he will serve as president elect and ultimately pres...
July 11, 2012
CLEVELAND - A new study published in the July 11 issue of the Journal of Neurosciences details the development of the first mouse model engineered to carry the most common mutation in Usher syndrome III causative gene (Clarin-1) in North America. Further, the research team from Case Western Reserve ...
July 10, 2012
It is intuitive that most people would be less likely to take risks after an unexpected loss. But what happens after a surprising win?
It turns out that the very same trend applies, according to Case Western Reserve University psychologist Heath Demaree. In other words, it’s not whether you win or ...
July 04, 2012
When a healthy boy was infected with antibiotic-resistant bacterium, the infection was traced to his mother’s nurse’s bag, which was left in the family’s car after her home health care visit to a patient with the same infection. Although the boy’s infection and the patient’s infection were never DNA...
June 26, 2012
CLEVELAND - Following a national search, Cliff A. Megerian, MD, has been named Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center.
Dr. Megerian, currently Vice-Chair of the depart...
June 21, 2012
CLEVELAND - The opportunity to find common ground in health research between academia and community organizations is vast. Unwavering in its vision to work for the collective good, a new pilot program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine aims to bolster these collaborations by offer...
June 20, 2012
CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine announces the appointment of the inaugural holder of The Richard B. Fratianne Professorship in Surgery – Christopher P. Brandt, MD of The MetroHealth System. The new professorship is named in honor of Dr. Fratianne, the founder of the Me...