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Notice of Changes to NIH Biosketches, Other Support page
To support strong collaboration between Federal research agencies, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has made every effort to align the Biographical Sketch (Biosketch), Other Support format page, and Application Form Instructions with the guidance issued by the Office of Science and Technology...
COVID-19 Heroes—Sung and Unsung
It's been one year since COVID-19 began to change our lives forever. In all facets of daily life and by varying degrees, the virus has impacted every one of us. And in our individual ways, we have risen to confront this wicked, relentless challenge. I want to recognize several of our faculty, staf...
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center welcomes new external advisory committee members
We are pleased to announce four new appointments to our External Advisory Committee. We look forward to introducing them to our center and will look to them for guidance as we begin to prepare for our center grant renewal. Anita Y. Kinney, PhD is associate director for cancer health equity and eng...
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New biophysics program partners with U.S. Air Force to develop biosensors for stress and fatigue
Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have established the Case Center for Biomarker Structure and Integration for Sensors (BioSIS), a program to advance biosensor technologies using biophysical techniques to understand and improve sensing of markers of stress and fat...
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Meconium may provide clues to fetal-alcohol exposure, forecast behavioral issues later in childhood
Newborn babies with indicators of alcohol in their stool are more likely to face behavioral difficulties later in childhood, according to new study from a team of multi-disciplinary researchers at Case Western Reserve University. The research, published recently in the Journal of Drug and Alcohol D...
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New CWRU School of Medicine biophysics program partnering with U.S. Air Force research laboratory to develop biosensors for stress and fatigue
Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have established the Case Center for Biomarker Structure and Integration for Sensors (BioSIS), a program to advance biosensor technologies using biophysical techniques to understand and improve sensing of markers of stress and fat...
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Taking new steps with artificial platelets
Case Western Reserve’s Anirban Sen Gupta leads team to advance bioinspired nanotechnology to enhance blood clotting to stop severe traumatic bleeding A team of researchers, led by biomedical engineering professor Anirban Sen Gupta, is working toward innovating and advancing platelet-inspired nanote...
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Vaccine hesitancy: What it is and what it is not
The term vaccine hesitancy is frequently in the news these days, but what does it mean and why is it important to understand it as we continue the COVID-19 vaccine roll out? Janet McGrath, professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at the College of Arts and Sciences, shared her expertise...
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Recommended Reading: Status of Cancer Care at Network Sites of the Nation’s Academic Cancer Centers
Led by cancer center directors and chief medical officers, the American Association of Cancer Institutes (AACI) initiated a mixed-methods survey of the status of cancer care across cancer center networks, results of which have been recently published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Canc...