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Program supports outstanding women and underrepresented individuals pursuing careers in scientific research Marissa Scavuzzo studies the nervous system—the one inside your gut. Using lab-grown organs to mimic the human intestine, she is mapping the diversity of support cells called “glia.” Glia in ...

Biomedical engineer leads team at Case Western Reserve, Cleveland VA in developing blood test to determine whether patient could get potentially deadly bedsores Pressure injuries, also known as bedsores, are often understood as merely painful or uncomfortable side effects of immobility or limited m...

Alex Huang and his research team, including Sung-Hee Choi and Suzanne Tomchuck (pictured here, left to right), recently received a $100K award from Curing Kids Cancer, for their work on osteosarcoma, a highly aggressive bone cancer that affects 400–600 children, teens and young adults in the U.S. ea...

Dear Members of the Cancer Center community, Next month, on March 4-5, we are hosting the 5th Annual Cancer Disparities Symposium, themed as “Navigating Cancer Disparities: Lessons Learned and How to Move Forward.” This symposium has attracted a diverse audience as we will not only be joined by sci...

A team of researchers from CWRU and UH is investigating the role of Erbb3 in the development of colorectal cancer. To put it simply, says lead investigator Zhenghe John Wang, PhD, the team is attempting to discover the pathways that can switch the cold tumors to hot tumors, and activate immune check...

From Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute: Machine learning-based approaches to risk assessment can be highly effective in predicting various types of cardiac dysfunction among cancer survivors who have received cardiotoxic cancer therapies, according to a new retrospective longitudinal study ...

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center extends congratulations to Cleveland Clinic's Abhishek Chakraborty, PhD as he was awarded a 2020 V Scholar Grant from the V Foundation for Cancer Research for his proposal, "Chromatin Dysfunction Identifies Metabolic Regulators as Potential Therapeutic Targets in...

Case Western Reserve University researchers examine how the ‘bureaucratic burden’ of taking rapists off the streets can impede justice—often for society’s most vulnerable Samuel Little, the man the FBI called the nation’s most prolific serial killer, admitted last year to raping and killing 93 wome...

Work has potential implications for new therapies to treat cancer and neurodegenerative disorders A team of Case Western Reserve University researchers has found a way to measure key characteristics of proteins that bind to RNA in cells—a discovery that could improve our understanding of how gene f...

Research documents more cases, hospitalizations and deaths, with odds of both infection and worse outcomes higher for African Americans A study led by Case Western Reserve University researchers found that patients with dementia were at a significantly increased risk for COVID-19—and the risk was h...