Science + Tech

University Hospitals’ physicians to implement technology Case Western Reserve University and Lucid Diagnostics, a subsidiary of publicly traded New York-based medical device company PAVmed Inc. (Nasdaq: PAVM), have signed an exclusive license agreement to commercialize a technology that quickly…

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered how unusually long strands of RNA help colon cancer cells avoid death, allowing unregulated growth. Unlike other RNAs, the intriguing strands do not appear to encode proteins and are termed “long non-coding RNAs” or…

The most common heart medications may get an assist from nitric oxide circulating in the body, according to a new study out of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Researchers showed that nitric oxide may help commonly used heart drugs maximize their benefits while improving heart…

Case Western Reserve University’s diagnostic imaging computers outperform human counterparts, but offer tools for better, less costly care The "deep learning" computers in Anant Madabhushi’s diagnostic imaging lab at Case Western Reserve University routinely defeat their human counterparts in…

Cleveland Metropolitan School District middle school students have been attending various “Learn to Beat Cancer” events at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine to help spark their interest in science and scientific research. The final event of the year took place this past weekend on…

New research led by investigators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center suggests that the location of immune cells in the body determines whether they help or harm the development of heart disease. The study supports the view that…

Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, Cleveland Neighborhood Progress unveil new tool to assess city’s development The Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development at Case Western Reserve University helped develop a new tool to track housing shifts and economic mobility in the…

Case School of Engineering’s Alp Sehirlioglu wins $500,000 National Science Foundation  grant for research into atomic-scale structures Alp Sehirlioglu, an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, is considered a master at…

Case Western Reserve researcher investigates the role of innate immunity Across the world, more than 200 million cases of malaria and nearly 500,000 deaths from the disease occur annually—more than 90 percent of which happen in Africa. Children in Africa can be diagnosed with malaria two or three…

A study by Eswar Shankar, PhD, found that combining two prostate cancer medications was more effective at killing cancer cells than giving them independently, opening the door to uncovering novel treatment paths. More than 22,000 research scientists from around the world gathered in…