Science + Tech
April 01, 2019
4.5 million-year old fossil shows evidence of greater reliance on bipedalism than previously suggested Fossil hominin talus The oldest distinguishing feature between humans and our ape cousins is our ability to walk on two legs—a trait known as bipedalism. Among mammals, only humans and our…
March 27, 2019
A team of evaluators from three different CTSA hubs have used complementary bibliometric approaches to assess the scope, influence, and interdisciplinary collaboration of publications supported by single CTSA hubs and those supported by multiple hubs. Authors identified articles acknowledging CTSA…
March 26, 2019
We've made a lot of progress in the fight against HIV and the recent announcement of a second patient in remission reignited hope of cure on the horizon. In her widely read article A cure for HIV? Feasible but not yet realized, former Cleveland CTSC KL2 Scholar, Allison Webel, RN, PhD, breaks down…
March 26, 2019
Case Western Reserve University innovation powers longer flight time for drone-sized electric aircraft, looks toward all-electric regional jets of future If fully electric
regional passenger jets someday fly from Cleveland to Atlanta, aviation
historians will likely point out that the first…
March 24, 2019
The Cleveland Brain Health Initiative (CBHI), housed at CWRU, includes the Clinic, UH, MetroHealth, the local VA, NEOMED and Kent State University. So far, the initiative has spent a lot of time creating opportunities for collaboration, including a few established discussion groups that meet…
March 22, 2019
Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative selects first round of team development retreats Case Western Reserve University’s Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) has selected six teams to participate in the first round of Team Development Retreats. The Community and…
March 21, 2019
A multidisciplinary investigator team led by Alex Huang, MD, PhD at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) and the Angie Fowler Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Institute at University Hospitals (UH) Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital is determined to bring novel immune-based…
March 21, 2019
The 2019 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting will take place Friday, March 29 through Wednesday, April 3 in Atlanta, GA. The AACR Annual Meeting program covers the latest discoveries across the spectrum of cancer research—from population science and…
March 20, 2019
Far from presaging gloom, the Ides of March has just capped a wonderful two-week run for the School of Medicine. Last Tuesday we learned that we were elevated a rank in the U.S. News & World Report rankings to #24 (and remained #1 in Ohio). In addition, two departments, Pediatrics and Internal…