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New research paper supports using microbiome data to develop potential probiotic therapies
In a clinical study, researchers demonstrate a model for developing targeted probiotic therapies to modulate the microbiome Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals (UH) Cleveland Medical Center have demonstrated a new model for developing…
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Case Western Reserve biology professor named 2022 fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Christopher Cullis noted for contributions to plant science, including ‘fundamentally new insights’ on ongoing evolution of flax, other key food crops The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has named Christopher Cullis, the Francis Hobart Herrick Professor of Biology at…
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Digging deeper to better understand Earth's interior
Case Western Reserve University scientist part of team reversing view of how minerals behave deep below our planet’s surface; could apply to other planet studies Case Western Reserve University scientist James Van Orman is part of an international team that has discovered that minerals deep within…
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National Science Foundation awards prestigious early-career grant to CWRU chemistry researcher
Shane Parker runs computer simulations on the effect of light on ultrafast chemical reactions; applications in solar energy, medical treatments Case Western Reserve University researcher Shane Parker has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program…
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Analyzing the blueprints of redlining in Ohio
Case Western Reserve University researchers find impacts of 1930s lending practices persist today Eighty years after the federal Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) carved up the nation’s metropolitan neighborhoods into redlined maps, researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of…
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Supersonic science: Case Western Reserve University to conduct 9,000 mph ballistics tests into water tank
Researchers expect anything from water vaporization to creating ice or light in project funded by U.S. Navy, Air Force Sometime next summer, on the second floor of a research building on the Case Western Reserve University campus, scientists hope to record something the world has never witnessed:…
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CES 2023: Case Western Reserve to share ‘innovation ecosystem’ at Las Vegas show for 10th consecutive year
Human Fusions Institute, 3D violin maker, other exhibitors backed by university, Case School of Engineering, think[box] and LaunchNet When a Case Western Reserve-led team of entrepreneurs hits the exhibition floor Jan. 5-8, for CES 2023 in Las Vegas, it will mark the 10th straight year the…
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‘Silly putty’ spectral science: Stretching cells for a brand-new view inside
Case Western Reserve researcher, collaborator at University of California-Santa Cruz to study role of nutrients in ovarian cancer cells Case Western Reserve University scientist Lydia Kisley, the Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor in physics at the College of Arts and Sciences, and a collaborator…
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CWRU researchers developing treatment for drug-resistant fungus with $3M-plus grant from National Institutes of Health
With a new $3 million-plus grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Case Western Reserve University researchers are examining the next level of treatment for Candida auris (C.auris), a multidrug-resistant yeast that causes serious infection and, in some cases, death. This fungus was…
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Cleveland Foundation awards $400,000 in grants to Case Western Reserve University School of Law
The Cleveland Foundation awarded Case Western Reserve University two grants totaling $400,000 to help fund two initiatives geared toward racial and environmental justice at the School of Law. Both two-year grants will support the law school’s Environmental Law Clinic as well as the Criminal…