Science + Tech
October 11, 2019
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center will host the 2019 Clinical Research Retreat from 5-7 pm on Thursday, November 21 at Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, CA5-120. The evening will feature presentations from K12 scholars and a keynote presentation by Charles Kunos, MD, PhD on, "Engaging…
October 10, 2019
Participant in Youth Engaged in Science, a National Cancer Institute-funded program at Case Western Reserve Connor Harris, a science-minded teenager from Hudson, Ohio, wants
to know why African-Americans die from colorectal cancer at a higher rate than
other racial groups. His curiosity, fueled…
October 08, 2019
Originally posted on Crain's Cleveland. Uber owns no vehicles, Facebook owns no creative content, Airbnb owns no real estate. And someday, United Airlines may own no airplanes. Sound far-fetched? Well, if Case Western Reserve University professor Youngjin Yoo is right, it could happen. Yoo, who…
October 08, 2019
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…
October 07, 2019
William Kaelin, Jr., MD William Kaelin, Jr. from Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard University was jointly awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe from Oxford University and Francis Crick Institute and Gregg L. Semenza from Johns…
October 07, 2019
The Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology (CICB) is pleased to announce that it has been instrumental in helping to create The Book of OHDSI, 1 st Edition , the first textbook describing the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) community, the OHDSI (OMOP) data…
October 04, 2019
“Enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab has the potential to become a platinum-free option for cisplatin-ineligible locally advanced and metastatic urothelial cancer patients in the first-line setting," said Christopher J. Hoimes, DO, hematologist/oncologist at University Hospitals, assistant…
October 04, 2019
Presenting research in public forums and symposia such as our upcoming Innovators in AYA Cancer Symposium and 4th Annual Cancer Disparities Symposium is important for various reasons, says Damian Junk, PhD, Assistant Director of Cancer Training and Education at the Case Comprehensive Cancer…
October 01, 2019
Research brings new
understanding in the war against mosquito-borne diseases Research at Case Western Reserve University sheds new light on how mosquitoes behave and spread disease, adding to evidence that the insects responsible for millions of deaths per year are much more prolific biters than…