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March 18, 2014
CWRU, Cleveland Clinic win NIH grant to develop injectable artificial platelets The Plain Dealer: A joint CWRU and Cleveland Clinic Foundation research team received a five-year, $1.9 million grant to develop injectable artificial platelets. Anirban Sen Gupta, assistant professor of biomedical…
March 17, 2014
Does Obama have too much power?
The Columbus Dispatch: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, weighed in on whether or not President Obama has exercised too much power, saying, “if you look at just executive orders, I don’t think he has been particularly more aggressive than…
March 17, 2014
2 surgeries work equally well for female incontinence, study finds
HealthDay: Two surgeries have been found to be equally effective and safe for women with pelvic issues. "… [T]hat will allow specialists in this area to tailor the individual operation to a patient's specific needs using either of…
March 17, 2014
Ears to the Ground: Episode 7
WRUW: Undergraduate students Jason Walsh and Laura Hurst interviewed journalist and author Will Potter as part of an episode of their environmentally focused radio show “Ears to the Ground.”
March 17, 2014
Comic books are real books
BookRiot: SAGES Fellow Brad Ricca penned an article on the importance of recognizing comics as books. “Comics can be literary—or not. They can be complicated and artistic—or not. All of that is debatable. But their nature as books is not,” he wrote.
March 17, 2014
Obama FunnyOrDie schtick sends thousands to healthcare.gov
Managed Healthcare Executive: After President Obama appeared on an episode of “Funny or Die” with comedian Zach Galifianakis, J.B. Silvers, the John R. Mannix Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Health Care Finance, discussed how enrollment…
March 13, 2014
Can Down syndrome be treated?
Science (subscription required): Alberto Costa, visiting associate professor of pediatric neurology, discussed the potential of cognitive treatments for Down syndrome, noting he remains cautious. The high amount of research has produced new leads, he said, but testing…
March 13, 2014
U.S. News releases 2015 Best Graduate Schools rankings
U.S. News & World Report: The Case School of Engineering is highlighted as having one of the largest climbs in the magazine’s engineering program rankings, jumping from No. 51 to 46.
March 13, 2014
Byproducts of periodontal bacteria may induce oral cancer growth
Dental Tribune: Researchers led by School of Dental Medicine assistant professor Fengchun Ye discovered that specific acids may trigger the growth of lesions and tumors in the mouth, which may have important implications for…
March 13, 2014
'Normal Barbie' gives girls a realistic body role model
Healthline: Eileen Anderson-Fye, assistant professor of anthropology, discussed the importance of diversity among children’s toys—specifically Barbie. “A diversity of availability of images and toys is almost always associated with positive…