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Message From Alan Diehl and the Department of Biochemistry: We are excited to be together on campus!
Though the Department of Biochemistry maintained a limited in-person presence throughout the pandemic, the environment couldn’t compare to our normally bustling campus and the ability to offer our students a full educational experience. Today I asked Alan Diehl, Department of Biochemistry chair and…
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National Institute on Aging awards $15.4 million to continue support for Cleveland Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Center is one of 31 NIH-funded centers in the nation The National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a grant expected to total $15.4 million to continue funding the Cleveland Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The new five-year award will support the…
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Early-warning system for sepsis shown to improve survival rates and cut hospital stays, new study finds
Emergency room patients who were flagged by an artificial-intelligence algorithm for possibly having sepsis received antibiotics sooner and had better outcomes, according to a peer-reviewed study conducted by physician-researchers at Case Western Reserve University and MetroHealth. Their findings…
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Cardiovascular researcher Mukesh Jain named Distinguished University Professor
Mukesh Jain, the Ellery Sedgwick Chair and Distinguished Scientist in the Department of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, is internationally recognized for his discovery of the role of a family of factors termed Kruppel-like factors (KLFs)—DNA-binding proteins that regulate a host of…
On The Road: COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery
Bag packed and the cooler with vials of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine stowed, Marie Grosh, DNP (NUR '21), RN, sets off to visit patients throughout Cuyahoga County.  Once opened, a vial of vaccine must be used within two hours. Each vial contains five doses. Grosh, an…
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U.S. Patent Issued for Cleveland Clinic Ovarian Cancer Vaccine Technology
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued the first U.S. patent for a novel ovarian cancer vaccine technology developed by Cleveland Clinic researchers Vincent K. Tuohy, PhD, Suparna Mazumder, PhD, and Justin M. Johnson. The technology is licensed worldwide by Anixa Biosciences, Inc., a…
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AI Used to Confirm Role of Collagen Structure in Tissue for Predicting Aggressiveness of Tumors, Recurrence of Cancer
​Scientists in Anant Madabhushi's lab have used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify new biomarkers for breast cancer that can predict whether the cancer will return after treatment—and which can be identified from routinely acquired tissue biopsy samples of early-stage breast cancer. The…
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School of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic researchers awarded grant
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic have received a $1.77 million grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health. The principal investigators for the three-year grant include Marsha Michie, assistant…
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Madabhushi Named to The Pathologist Power List 2021
Anant Madabhushi, PhD, director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics and member of the Cancer Imaging Program of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, was recognized by The Pathologist’s Power List for the third consecutive year. This list celebrates 100 influential…
Cleveland Clinic Caregiver Grants Fund Research of COVID-19 Vaccines in Cancer Patients, New Cancer Treatments
Charis Eng, MD, PhD and Vinod Labhasetwar, PhD were recently selected to receive July 2021 Cleveland Clinic Caregiver Catalyst Grants. The Caregiver Catalyst Grants program pools the gifts from thousands of generous Cleveland Clinic donors into a fund allocated to support caregivers’ innovative…