Science + Tech
September 28, 2020
When it comes to health care, it’s no secret that Cleveland is a powerhouse. Home to renowned systems such as Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, MetroHealth Systems and more, leading physicians and researchers from around the world come to practice in the city known for its health care…
September 25, 2020
Outlet: AARP Magazine
September 24, 2020
Charis Eng, MD, PhD, received a two-year, nearly $680,000 grant from the PTEN Research Foundation to investigate how genomic alterations influence PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS). With this grant, Dr. Eng’s team will sequence the whole genomes of a large number of PHTS patients from around the…
September 24, 2020
Efstathios "Stathis” Karathanasis, PhD and William Schiemann, PhD are leading a team of researchers from the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) and Duke University combining nanotechnology with immunotherapy to treat metastatic breast cancer. The team received a five-year, $3M grant from…
September 21, 2020
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…
September 18, 2020
Outlet: Columbus Dispatch
September 18, 2020
Professor Sharona Hoffman, Co-Director of the Law-Medicine Center, Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, and Professor of Bioethics, has written more than sixty articles and book chapters on health law and civil rights issues in her career. She is also the author of two books: Aging with A Plan: How…
September 17, 2020
Long-time members of the Case Western Reserve community may have seen them play iconic campus hangouts like the Barking Spiker, Euclid Tavern or Cosmic Dave’s Rock Club. Others could have caught their 2018 show at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But for anyone who has not seen Razing the Bar, the…
September 17, 2020
A Case Comprehensive Cancer-led team has secured $10.4 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute to explore at the molecular level the differences in glioblastoma between males and females. The researchers will delve into the genetics, epigenetics and…
September 15, 2020
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…