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Health Law Improved Access to Cancer Treatment, Studies Show
Outlet: The Wall Street Journal
Cleveland Researchers Recruiting for Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trial
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals (UH) Cleveland Medical Center have enrolled their first participant in a new clinical research study evaluating the potential benefits of an investigational medicine for people with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. The…
Fowler Center's AIM2Flourish Program Publishes 2,000th Story
The Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit it excited to announce that our AIM2Flourish program just published its 2,000th Story!! The AIM2Flourish program aims to educate students about the ways in which business can be an agent of world benefit; a positive force for good in the…
American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting 2019: Highlights from the Case CCC
The 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting will take place Friday, May 31 through Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. ASCO offers a robust program designed to teach, engage and bring the oncology field together. The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center…
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Nurses Poised to Take the Lead on Ensuring Patient Safety in U.S. Health Care System
CTSC KL2 Scholar alumna, Mary Dolansky, PhD, RN, FAAN, associate professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at CWRU, co-chaired the May 29-31, 2019 QSEN Rocks International Forum conference at the Hilton Cleveland Downtown. Dr. Dolansky states that “medical error is already the…
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Phase transitions: the math behind the music
Case Western Reserve University physics professor applies tools of statistical mechanics to explain why basic ordered patterns emerge in music across time and cultures Next time you listen to a favorite tune or wonder at the beauty of a natural sound, you might also end up pondering the math…
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Case Comprehensive Cancer Center awarded nearly $9 million to expand access to clinical trials
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center has been selected, once again, as a Lead Academic Participating Site by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The renewal comes with a six-year, $8.9 million grant that will enable the center to provide patients with additional access to clinical trials through the…
Key Drug Target Shown Assembling in Real-Time
Over one-third of all FDA-approved drugs act on a specific family of proteins: G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). Drugs to treat high blood pressure, asthma, cancer, diabetes and myriad other conditions target GPCRs throughout the body—but a recent study shows what happens next. In results…