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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Commentary: New US guidelines expand lung cancer screening
The United States Preventive Services Task Force has published updated recommendations addressing eligibility for lung cancer screening with a low-radiation dose chest CT scan. The current recommendations update those published at the end of 2013. The age limits have been expanded to age 50-80…
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COVID-19 vaccinations: A Q&A with Ali Raja, Weatherhead School doctoral student and Massachusetts General Hospital physician
When Ali Raja began the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program in person at Weatherhead School of Management in August 2018, his focus was on the opioid epidemic.  But at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, it quickly became apparent he needed to shift to treating patients with…
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Pandemic compounds psychosocial issues for sexual, gender minorities
Research by Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing scientist and collaborators suggests adults identifying as sexual or gender minorities bear extra burden of anxiety during COVID-19 isolation The weight of isolation and loss of social connection caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded…
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Older adults’ vaccine hesitancy: A Q&A with preventive medicine residents and faculty members
The faculty and residents of the Preventive Medicine Program at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University have served on the COVID-19 pandemic Physician Response Team at the Cuyahoga County Board of Health, under the direction of Heidi Gullett, the Charles…
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How do the COVID-19 vaccines work? Chemistry’s Blanton S. Tolbert explains
Blanton S. Tolbert Blanton S. Tolbert, professor of chemistry at the College of Arts and Sciences, and his research group study the basic biochemistry of viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Since he was in graduate school, he has worked on the biological molecule RNA,…