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Novel drug therapy shows promise to increase quality and quantity of procured kidneys available for transplant
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UH), Cleveland Clinic and Lifebanc (a Northeast Ohio organ-procurement organization) have developed a new way to preserve donated kidneys—a method that could extend the number…
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Living in a 'tethered' economy
Case Western Reserve University law professor suggests consumers may need help managing technology ownership Imagine a future in which every consumer purchase is as complex as choosing a mobile phone. What will ongoing service cost? Is it compatible with your other devices? Can you move data and…
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VP for Research and Technology Management Suzanne Rivera named Macalester College president
Case Western Reserve research leader Suzanne M. Rivera will become Macalester College’s 17th president in June, its board chair announced Monday. “Dr. Rivera has distinguished herself through her work as an ethicist; her record of advancing the values of service, internationalism,…
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Study: Urgent care, ER physicians overprescribing antibiotics for dental issues
Dentists, emergency room doctors and primary care physicians need to ease up on prescribing antibiotics for dental issues in patients who are otherwise healthy and have no manifestation of systemic disease. That’s according to an American Dental Association clinical practice guideline co-authored…
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New drug that could aid earlier MS diagnoses approved by FDA for first human clinical trials
Created by Case Western Reserve University researchers, the drug will be tested in healthy volunteers at Cleveland Clinic Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis A new drug that could make it easier for doctors to diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS) in its earlier stages has been approved for its first…
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Seeking human connections across time and space
Case Western Reserve research team from new Human Fusions institute aims for $10 million Avatar XPrize competition; winner will best ‘transport a human’s sense, actions and presence’ to another place In 15 years at Case Western Reserve University, Dustin Tyler has been on a mission to extend…
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Documentary has Cleveland premiere Jan. 30
New film chronicles previous 'BrainGate2' project, as Case Western Reserve works with University Hospitals and Cleveland FES Center to take research further, achieving natural arm, hand movements via thought Six years ago, a team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University, University…
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Case Western Reserve University and RoadPrintz Inc. sign license agreement to advance robotic street-painting technology
Automated truck invention makes road-painting safer, faster, cheaper A new invention by a former Cleveland Heights auto repair-shop owner and Case Western Reserve University engineering professor promises to make painting streets cheaper, faster and less risky to road workers. Their company is…
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Possible Alzheimer’s breakthrough suggested
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers say newly found protein is bio-marker for disease; suggest suppression of ‘aggregatin’ could lead to future treatments to slow Alzheimer’s progression Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine say they have…
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$1M, two-year grant from Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust to advance CWRU research on therapies for Huntington’s disease
A $1 million, two-year grant from the Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust will allow researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine to further their work on developing drugs to treat Huntington’s disease (HD) and other neurological disorders. Xin Qi, an…