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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…
Commentary on Current Tobacco-Related Policies: Youth, E-Cigarettes and Flavored Nicotine Products
The following is a message from Erika Trapl, PhD, Co-Leader of the Cancer Population, Control & Population Research Program at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. Earlier this month, the American Cancer Society reported the largest single-year decline in cancer deaths at 2.2% and attributed this…
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University’s HoloAnatomy spreads to other campuses
Case Western Reserve University announced today that Northwestern University and three other academic institutions have committed to using HoloAnatomy® software in the preparation of future health care providers, while the University of Oxford has signed a formal letter of intent to do the…
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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…
Cancer Progress
This weekend saw the wide publication of the good news that for 2017, the death rate from cancer actually fell. There was double good news because one of the most deadly cancers – cancer of the lung – led the decline. New insights into the commonalities inherent in cancers that are more determined…
Gerds named Medical Director, Clinical Research Office
Aaron T. Gerds, MD, MS Aaron Gerds, MD, MS has been named the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center's new Clinical Research Office Medical Director as of January 2020, following the departure of Jorge Garcia, MD in December 2019. As Co-PI of the LAPS grant, Dr. Gerds is well-versed in the…