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$30M contract will establish TB immunology research centers across the country Tuberculosis (TB) is the No. 1 cause of death from an infectious disease in the world: In 2017, the most recent data available, 10 million people developed TB and 1.6 million died. Today, nearly 1.7 billion people…

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center extends congratulations to George Stark, PhD as he was honored with the prestigious Steven C. Beering Award earlier this month. From the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute: The prestigious award recognizes internationally regarded scientists for their…

Outlet: Neuron

By Michael Scott Art and science were blended together last spring when students from the Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) and Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing displayed their collaborative artwork interpreting health issues from HIV to bed bugs. The…

Scientific quality and feasibility are part of ethics review by Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). Scientific Review Committees (SRCs) were proposed to facilitate this assessment by the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) SRC Consensus Group. This study assessed SRC feasibility and…

From The Daily: A paper published yesterday in Cell could explain why drugs will often work for some cancer types, but not others. “We’ve been targeting the cancer-causing gene for therapy, but it turns out we should also think about targeting the switches that are carried along with it,” said…

Vedang Kothari, BS '12, MEM '13, has always been driven to lead his own company. While interning at Lumitex, a lighting solutions company, he developed a solution to treating oral mucositis, a side effect of cancer treatment. Last year, Lumitex spun his project out into a new company, MuReva…

Ettore Fantin, BS '16, MSM-Fin '17, is Director of Marketing at .Jobs TDL where he leads a team and is focused on acquisition, content and design for more than 25,000 websites. During his time at Weatherhead, his entrepreneurial spirit was ignited. He even pitched a business plan to the Dalai Lama…

Extra DNA scooped up and copied alongside cancer-causing genes helps keep tumors going—elements that could represent new drug targets for brain tumors and other cancers notoriously difficult to treat One of the ways a cancer-causing gene works up enough power to turn a normal cell into a…

Comprehensive sequencing effort could reveal how bacteria cause gut wall damage Scientists have made genetic data publicly available for bacteria that might be lurking inside the gut walls of patients chronically affected with severe Crohn’s disease. By studying a surgically removed, damaged…