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Forge Biologics, CWRU launch gene therapy workforce development partnership
Outlet: Crain's Cleveland Business...
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National Center for Regenerative Medicine expands institutional membership
MetroHealth System joins Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals partnership The National Center for Regenerative Medicine, a leader in cellular manufacturing and regenerative medicine, formally added The MetroHealth System as an institutional member following a v...
Investment in Immunotherapy Spurs Growth
The recruitment of world-class talent and investment in new technology position Cleveland as a leader in immunotherapy, the future of cancer care. Cleveland’s immunotherapy hubs are undergoing significant growth. Cleveland Clinic and MetroHealth Medical Center are developing new programs led by new ...
Grant submissions policy change, other support template overhaul, updates requested by October 1
NIH’s required Other Support documentation has undergone a complete overhaul. The Cancer Center regularly needs members’ Other Support (OS) documents for grant submissions and progress reports, and we need to update our OS repository with your new OS documentation. Please note that the new OS templa...
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Remembering Paul Ernsberger, associate professor and regarded researcher at the School of Medicine
When Paul Ernsberger was a child, his parents gave him a chemistry set for his birthday. That gift sparked a passion that led to a more than 40-year career in science through which he helped shape understanding of blood pressure, blood glucose and obesity. After decades of contributions to the fiel...
African Americans with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas have distinctly poor treatment outcomes independent of medical care access
A new study led by Wendi O’Neill, DDS and Quintin Pan, PhD found that African-American patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) have significantly shorter overall survival than European-American OPSCC patients, even when the groups have similar access to medical care, according to...
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Clinical Research Navigator: Valerie Vinson
Valerie Vinson is the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center-supported clinical research navigator at University Hospitals Clinical Trials Unit at the Seidman Cancer Center. As a whole, she is tasked with increasing the number of patients, especially those of minority race and ethnicity, who enroll in cli...
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Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and other top U.S. cancer centers call for urgent action to get cancer-preventing HPV vaccination back on track
COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted delivery of key health services for children and adolescents, including HPV vaccination for cancer prevention
University Hospitals first in Cleveland to offer alternative prostate cancer biopsy technique
From University Hospitals: The University Hospitals (UH) Urology Institute is the first in Northeast Ohio to use a new technique to diagnose prostate cancer. The method allows the urologist to obtain a prostate biopsy with a much lower risk of introducing bacteria than the traditional transrectal ul...