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CWRU achieves global first in mixed-reality education during COVID-19 pandemic
Student survey responses overwhelmingly support first remote-only HoloAnatomy course The developers of Case Western Reserve University’s signature HoloAnatomy mixed-reality software for the Microsoft HoloLens knew they were likely achieving a global first this spring as they quickly pivoted to the...
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Interdisciplinary team wins grant to speed oral cancer testing
National Institutes of Health awards $420,000 to multidisciplinary team from Case Western Reserve University developing device for instantly detecting oral cancer Mouth lesions are among the main early indicators of oral cancer, but determining whether a sore is actually malignant typically involve...
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NIH funds research into differences in glioblastoma between males and females
Research consortium led by Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute and Case Western Reserve University A team led by researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute has secured $10.4 million over five years from the National Inst...
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Protecting genomic privacy
Case Western Reserve computer and data sciences researcher improving privacy for global genomic data sharing network, supported by $1.2 million NIH grant A Case Western Reserve University computer and data sciences researcher is working to shore up privacy protections for people whose genomic infor...
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Fighting breast cancer with nanotech, immunotherapy 
Case Western Reserve University researcher takes aim at hard-to-treat metastatic cancers by using new method to unlock ‘cold tumors’ for successful treatment A team of scientists led by aresearcher at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is making strides to fight deadly metastati...
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Powerful push to use AI for cancer immunotherapy
Case Western Reserve University works with NYU and pharmaceutical companies Bristol Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca to validate imaging-based solutions for predicting response to therapy for lung cancer patients For artificial intelligence (AI) tools being developed at Case Western Reserve University to ...
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Studying how skin cancer starts
Case Western Reserve chemists measure ‘picosecond’ speed of pre-cancer cells’ lesions that form on DNA when exposed to sunlight; could lead to more effective prevention Luis Ortiz-Rodríguez grew up on the beaches of Puerto Rico—surfing, swimming and running in the hot sand—and swears he had never ...
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Mathematicians forecast COVID-19 spread
Researchers from Case Western Reserve, University of Akron, develop algorithm used by Cuyahoga County to predict fluctuations in number of COVID-19 cases A highly accurate forecast tool created by mathematicians from Case Western Reserve University and The University of Akron is being used by Cuyah...
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Studying climate change at high speed
Case Western Reserve University collaborates with 13 universities as part of National Science Foundation global project to understand interaction of climate and ecosystems Case Western Reserve University is one among 14 universities from around the globe that have collectively been awarded $12.5 mi...
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A new lens on the world
Case Western Reserve scientists, collaborators at Harvard and Italian university Unical, aim to ‘revolutionize optics’ by combining nanostructured metasurfaces with liquid crystal technology For more than 500 years, humans have mastered the art of refracting light by shaping glass into lenses, then...