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Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered how specific protein regions contribute to breast cancer. Their study, published recently in Nature, focuses on what is known as the estrogen receptor, a protein linked in previous research to the development of…

Sarah Berger, fourth-year civil engineering student, recently earned second place in a national structural engineering competition hosted by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) at their Forensic Engineering Congress in Seattle, Washington. The competition invited civil engineering…

National Institutes of Health awards $4 million to Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and Houston Methodist Researchers at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and Houston Methodist will harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to more accurately…

A note from Stan Gerson and Pamela Davis To our School of Medicine Community, We are writing to share the sad news that renowned neurologist and longtime professor Robert Barry Daroff, MD, died Sunday, Jan. 12, at the age of 88.  Bob was a towering figure in…

National Institutes of Health awards $4 million to Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and Houston Methodist

The secret to understanding how to treat diseases like Alzheimer’s might be found in the structural function of the proteins linked to them. Amita Sahoo is among those working to gain new insights. Sahoo, a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Case Western Reserve…

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which affects about 200 million people worldwide and can result in legal blindness, impairs an area of the eye (retina) used for reading, driving and many other critical daily tasks. A new study of large existing patient datasets indicates genetic and…

Throughout his career, Jerry Silver dreamt of restoring meaningful function to the millions of people with spinal cord injuries worldwide. His commitment to groundbreaking research in neuroscience and neural regeneration combined with his entrepreneurial spirit brought extraordinary discoveries to…

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women globally. Women in Case CCC's 15-county catchment area have higher incidence and mortality rates than in all of Ohio and the United States, particularly those of non-Hispanic Black descent. Sichun Yang, PhD, a Case CCC…

To our School of Medicine Community, I am writing to share the sad news that renowned neuroscientist, Case Western Reserve University alumnus and longtime professor Jerry Silver, PhD, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, at the age of 77.  Jerry was a towering figure in the…