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Director's Message: Cancer Mortality Declines Nationally, Findings Depict Need for Continued Efforts in our Catchment Area: National and State Data Available for Download
Last month the NCI released their Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer that reported "for all cancer sites combined, cancer death rates continued to decline in men, women, and children in the United States from 1999 to 2016." While these statistics are encouraging and confirm we have…
KL2 Scholar alum uses data to decide when to transfer patients by medical helicopter
The ability to quickly move patients by medical helicopter is especially vital in what is known as the golden hour--that first hour after a traumatic injury, considered the most critical for successful emergency treatment. "For true emergencies, it is quicker and better to transport someone by…
Latest Buzz: Malaria Drug May Help Prevent Genetic Hearing Loss
Outlet: Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Drug to Treat Malaria Could Mitigate Hereditary Hearing Loss
The ability to hear depends on proteins to reach the outer membrane of sensory cells in the inner ear. But in certain types of hereditary hearing loss, mutations in the protein prevent it from reaching these membranes. Using a zebrafish model, researchers at Case Western Reserve University School…
Drug to Treat Malaria Could Mitigate Hereditary Hearing Loss
The ability to hear depends on proteins to reach the outer membrane of sensory cells in the inner ear. But in certain types of hereditary hearing loss, mutations in the protein prevent it from reaching these membranes. Using a zebrafish model, researchers at Case Western Reserve University School…
Malaria Drug Could Help Prevent Form of Hereditary Hearing Loss
Outlet: The Hearing Review
Brian C. Gray & E. Gail Reese Co-author Book on Personal Librarians
Brian C. Gray, special project officer at Kelvin Smith Library, and E. Gail Reese, public engagement services and library administration associate director, co-authored a book titled Personal Librarians: Building Relationships for Student Success. They wrote the book, published by ABC-CLIO, with…
Cancer-focused Summer Undergraduate Program Kicks Off
The following is a message from Mark W. Jackson, PhD, Director of the CanSUR Program. If you noticed an extra buzz of energy in the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center this week, it is likely because we welcomed the inaugural class of the new Cancer-focused Summer…