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Advancing new technologies to halt bleeding
Case Western Reserve University bioengineer awarded $2.5 million from U.S. Army to boost nanotechnology for treating wounded soldiers and patients with bleeding defects The research arm of the U.S. Army has awarded Case Western Reserve University blood surrogate pioneer Anirban Sen Gupta a…
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New study reveals mechanism for how disease-spreading prions can jump from one species to another
Finding suggests transmission between species may be possible In a new study, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified the structure of protein fibrils linked to a hereditary form of human prion disease.   This insight, they say, reveals the mechanism…
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What if some stress actually protects your body?
New Case Western Reserve University study suggests it just might Stress has been linked to all sorts of serious health issues, from insomnia to high blood pressure, obesity and even heart disease. But it’s generally acknowledged that some stress can also be helpful, like when someone’s chasing a…
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Case Western Reserve wins $14.2 million federal grant to launch innovative materials data science Center of Excellence
University leads national team advancing data-based research, experiential education
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$2.1M committed to CWRU to study community-led equitable access to fresh and nutritious foods in Greater Cleveland
There are many initiatives that work to address nutrition inequality; however, these programs are often not coordinated with other aspects of the local food system. The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) is awarding an additional $1 million grant to Case Western Reserve University…
Innovative Dean's Scholars Program
A pathway for recent under represented persons (URP) PhD graduates to faculty positions Dean Gerson has announced the launch of the Dean’s Scholars Program, an innovative effort to attract recent PhD graduates to accelerate their career trajectories as well as expand the diversity of the Case…
Gay men are two times more likely to have inflammatory bowel disease, according to new research
Study will allow researchers to develop personalized precision medicine for treatment of IBD in this underrepresented minority patient population Gay men are more than twice as likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) than heterosexual men when both populations engage in high-risk sexual…
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Gay men are two times more likely to have inflammatory bowel disease, according to new research
Study will allow researchers to develop personalized precision medicine for treatment of IBD in this underrepresented minority patient population Gay men are more than twice as likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) than heterosexual men when both populations engage in high-risk sexual…
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5 things to know about… Alzheimer’s disease
When Jonathan Haines was learning about genetics in his high school biology class, he thought it was going to be pretty straightforward—you get one copy of genes from mom, one copy from dad and that’s it. “By the time I realized it was really complex, I was already hooked,” said Haines, the Mary…
National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center to receive up to $20 million in CDC grant funding for continued research into fatal neurodegenerative prion diseases in brain
The National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center (NPDPSC) at Case Western Reserve University will receive up to $20 million in funding as part of a grant renewal from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to better understand how and why prion diseases—degenerative brain…