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A breakthrough in Cleveland marks a major step forward in treating spinal cord injuries WKSU: Jerry Silver, professor of neurosciences, discussed his discovery of a protein that could support nerve regeneration and serve as a new treatment for individuals who have spinal cord injuries.

Future of opioid lawsuit becomes an issue in Ohio attorney general's race cleveland.com: Steve Dettelbach, the Democratic candidate for Ohio attorney general, is a partner at the law firm representing the defendant in a high-profile opioid lawsuit the Ohio attorney general is prosecuting. Jonathan…

Therapy that looks like fun The Lima News: Bobbi Beale, a senior research associate, trainer and consultant at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education’s Center for Innovative Practices, talked about counseling a technique called adventure therapy to help children who have…

$2.2 million awarded to help low-income families Record-Courier: Darcy Freedman, associate professor in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences and associate director of the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, spoke about the potential uses of a federal…

Care counts: Tackling Cleveland's health disparities could be the key to our economic future. Cleveland Magazine: Amy Sheon, executive director of the Urban Health Initiative, explained how disparities in health care access in quality can impact the success—social and economic—of a city, which is…

New system may help users quit smoking The Week: Ming-Chun Huang, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science and faculty director of both the Mobile Health Laboratory and Sensing and Interaction Laboratory, spoke about the app he and others created to help smokers quit.

Targeting talent: How Cleveland can hit the mark Cleveland Magazine: Meenakshi Sharma, assistant dean of career and student affairs at the Weatherhead School of Management, spoke about the importance of recruiting and retaining talented employees, giving context to challenges to Cleveland’s…

CWRU will now allow students to choose gender identity other than one assigned at birth Cleveland Scene: LGBT Center Director Liz Roccoforte and Assistant Director AmariYah Israel discussed the new option in the Student Information System that allows students to select their preferred pronoun and…

Legal filings reveal that immigrant shelters are overmedicating unaccompanied minors Pacific Standard: Some immigrant minors in detention centers are not giving consent, or getting consent from their parents, to receive drug prescriptions. Jessica Berg, co-dean of the School of Law, interpreted…

Scientists are pushing the limits of 3-D printing with these shape-shifting materials NBC: Jim McGuffin-Cawley, interim dean of the Case School of Engineering and the Arthur S. Holden Professor of Engineering, commented on 3D-printed objects, created by Massachusetts Institute of Technology…