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Jarrod Dalton, PhD is a CTSC KL2 Scholar alum and an assistant staff scientist in the Department of Quantitative Health Sciences and an assistant professor of medicine in the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. This interview focuses on…

It was just a few days ago that the University was closed due to the severe cold, followed by 60 degree weather making it feel like spring. We are told to prepare for another cold snap in a week or so and will once again need to reach into the closet for the long underwear, down coat, and high…

Chemical engineers at Case Western Reserve create ammonia from nitrogen, water; could  lead to smaller ammonia processing plants powered by alternative energy Ammonia, a compound first synthesized about a century ago, has dozens of modern uses and has become essential in making the fertilizer that…

Insoo Hyun, PhD, professor, was named a Fellow of The Hastings Center.

Case Center for Imaging Research Anant Madabhushi, PhD Anant Madabhushi, the F. Alex Nason Professor II of Biomedical Engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, was one of the authors of a paper that developed new pathology guidelines…

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Fred Schumacher, PhD, MPH and Erika Trapl, PhD as new co-leaders of the Cancer Prevention, Control and Population Research Program (CPC). Together with current program leader Greg Cooper, MD, Trapl and Schumacher will…

Anant Madabhushi, the F. Alex Nason Professor II of Biomedical Engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, was one of the authors of a paper that developed new pathology guidelines for accurate testing for breast cancer diagnosis for the College of…

A scientific team from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic has developed a new way to identify second-line antibiotics that may be effective in killing germs already resistant to a first-line antibiotic – potentially helping overcome antibiotic resistance. This…

Zihua Gong, MD, PhD A new five-year, $1.8 million award will allow Zihua Gong, MD, PhD to work to better understand the mechanisms of resistance of PARP inhibitors (PARPi) that induce cell death in BRCA1 and BRCA2-deficient cancer cells associated with breast and ovarian cancer.…

Microscopic examination of brain tissues of prion-infected animals. (Left) Staining shows spongiform degeneration. (Right) Staining shows intense misfolded prion protein. Prions can infect both humans and animals, causing Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, mad cow disease in…