Science + Tech
January 21, 2019
CWRU, CSU initiative designed to shape region into digital innovation leader
The Internet of Things Collaborative (IoTC), a partnership between Case Western Reserve and Cleveland State universities, is bringing together industrial, governmental, educational, neighborhood and nonprofit entities in…
January 18, 2019
The following is a message from Director Stan Gerson, MD and Associate Director for Basic Research Ruth Keri, PhD. The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center would like to thank Bingcheng Wang, PhD and Alex Almasan, PhD for their hard work in leading the Alex…
January 18, 2019
Monday is Martin Luther King Day in America. Though much has improved in our country for African Americans since his tragic assassination in 1968 – the year that so much changed – we still live in a world where serious health disparities persist, and we have too few tools to combat them. As Dr.…
January 18, 2019
Following evaluation of faculty-led proposals, the leadership of the University Hospitals (UH) Research Division has announced the establishment of their first two Centers of Excellence (COEs): the Center for Integrated and Novel Approaches in Vascular-Metabolic Disease (CINEMA) and the Center for…
January 17, 2019
Results in mouse sepsis model lay foundation for clinical trials
Biochemists, microbiologists, drug discovery experts and infectious disease doctors have teamed up in a new study that shows antibiotics are not always necessary to cure sepsis in mice. Instead of killing causative bacteria with…
January 15, 2019
Bioethics of brain organoids to be explored by team led by CWRU researcher Insoo Hyun
Research scientists around the world are now able to investigate the structural, cellular and developmental intricacies of the human brain using bioengineered stem cell-based models called organoids. But the…
January 14, 2019
We often cite our favorable mentions in the legendary Flexner report of 1910 as early evidence of our longstanding excellence in medical education. But do you know who Abraham Flexner was? A recent book by Robert Hromas, MD, dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Texas San Antonio,…
January 11, 2019
Sanjay Gupta, PhD, MS As part of their Idea Award program, the Department of Defense has awarded Sanjay Gupta, PhD, MS a total of $962,000 over three years to investigate drug resistance mechanisms in prostate cancer. The program aims to improve quality of life by decreasing the impact…
January 10, 2019
Case Western Reserve researchers pioneer new computer imaging method to detect likelihood of cancer based on changes in blood vessels and regions outside tumor
Scientists in Anant Madabhushi’s computational imaging lab at Case Western Reserve University have started thinking outside the box—or in…
January 09, 2019
Case Western Reserve researchers uncover novel drug targets by piecing together receptor structures
Many breast cancer drugs block estrogen receptors inside cancer cells. Blocking the receptors early in disease progression staves off metastasis. But most patients with advanced disease eventually…