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New imaging technology may help predict aggressiveness of lung cancer
Research supported by a recent $3.16 million National Cancer Institute grant Case Western Reserve and Cleveland Clinic are leading development of a computerized tissue-imaging program that could soon help identify which lung cancer patients are likely to face an earlier recurrence of the…
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We’ve been experiencing a lot of volatility this last year. The stock market has shown us wild gyrations this last month – one day your 401k was beckoning you toward retirement, the next to hunker down and earn some more money! The temperature, after stubbornly sitting in the teens, suddenly began…
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Do we really know how Earth's inner core formed?
Case Western Reserve planetary scientists challenge long-held understanding of how solid center could have been created
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Researchers inhibit cancer metastases via novel steps
Blocking action of gene enhancers halts spread of tumor cells In one of the first successes of its kind, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and six other institutions have inhibited the spreading of cancer cells from one part of the body to another. In doing so,…
Investigators Highlight Potential of Exercise in Addressing Substance Abuse in Teens
Exercise has numerous, well-documented health benefits. Could it also play a role in preventing and reducing substance misuse and abuse in adolescents? This is the intriguing question that a team of investigators from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic seeks to…
Apple to Bring EMR to Smartphones, Making it Easier for Patients to Share Info About their Healthcare and Aid Research
The report that Apple will develop applications to download access of our personal electronic medical record to our personal smart phones (Apple, in Sign of Health Ambitions, Adds Medical Records Feature for iPhone, NY Times) could be transformational for medical care, our sense of medical…
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New antifungal provides hope in fight against superbugs
Multi-drug resistant Candida auris no match for novel compound Microscopic yeast have been wreaking havoc in hospitals around the world—creeping into catheters, ventilator tubes, and IV lines—and causing deadly invasive infection. One culprit species, Candida auris, is resistant to many…
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Energy innovation: Case Western Reserve student team finalist in $50,000 Department of Energy competition
Boundary Labs uses plasma barrier to lessen drag on wind-turbine blades, increasing energy efficiency When an internship fell through last summer, Case Western Reserve University student Prince Ghosh used his extra energy and the unexpected free time to work on another project—one with potential…
Case Western Reserve and Sangamo Therapeutics Announce $11 Million NIH Grant for Study of Gene-Edited T Cells for the Viral Eradication of HIV
Case Western Reserve University and Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO) today announced the award of an $11 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a planned study of gene-edited T cells designed to eradicate persistent HIV infection in patients receiving anti-retroviral…
Full-length Serotonin Receptor Structure Seen for First Time
A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have used Nobel prize-winning microscope technology to see full length serotonin receptors for the first time. The tiny proteins—approximately a billionth of a meter long—are common drug targets, despite limited available…