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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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

2019 - A Pivot Year for the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center David Schwartz Photography What happens after we celebrate an Exceptional merit rating for NCI designation, renewal of the GI SPORE, the BETRNet, the K12 program, a series of large…

John “Chip” Tilton, MD, of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine will receive $300,000 from the Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust to develop a virus-based “nanoPOD” (nanoscale PrOtein Delivery) platform to help treat rare genetic diseases. Tilton is associate professor…

And so it begins again, a new year, fresh with promise, anchored in the past but striving toward the future. This year will see great things for the School, beginning with the much-anticipated move into the Health Education Campus. The vanguard will be the PA program in early May, followed by the…

Year’s end puts us in a reflective mood… we consider what we have accomplished and the opportunities before us. This has been a year of celebration of our 175th anniversary as a school of medicine as well as of remarkable achievements by our faculty and students.  Our MD program, only one year…

Ronald Conlon, PhD, associate professor, Masahiro Hitomi, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Emina Huang, MD, MBA, professor, and Justin Lathia, PhD, associate professor, were the December 2018 CTSC Core Utilization Pilot Award Recipients.