Science + Tech
July 21, 2016
W. Henry Boom, MD, professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Moses L. Joloba, MBChB, MS and PhD, dean of the School of Biomedical Sciences at Makerere University have received an HIV research training program grant from the Fogarty International Center of the…
July 21, 2016
Potential technology for quantum computing, keener sensors Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a way to swiftly and precisely control electron spins at room temperature. The technology, described in Nature Communications, offers a possible alternative strategy for…
July 20, 2016
Findings lay groundwork for human clinical trial planned for August 2016 A new scientific study has identified why colorectal cancer cells depend on a specific nutrient, and a way to starve them of it. Over one million men and women are living with colorectal cancer in the United States. The…
July 20, 2016
A new scientific study has identified why colorectal cancer cells depend on a specific nutrient, and a way to starve them of it. Over one million men and women are living with colorectal cancer in the United States. The National Cancer Institute estimates 4.5% of all men and women will be diagnosed…
July 15, 2016
Guest Author: Greg Cooper Colorectal cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer death in this country, though over the past decade, both the incidence and mortality have been declining. Colorectal screening is universally recommended as a means to detect premalignant adenomas as well as…
July 12, 2016
Dean Pamela B. Davis, MD, PhD Welcome to the first issue of our new electronic newsletter. Each month we’ll be providing news and stories about Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the terrific people who help make us a center of medical education excellence and a…
July 12, 2016
Welcome to the first issue of our new electronic newsletter. Each month we’ll be providing news and stories about Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the terrific people who help make us a center of medical education excellence and a mainstay of Cleveland’s economy. The…
July 07, 2016
A new scientific study conducted by a team of leading AIDS scientists reveal results that lead the way to the development of an effective human vaccine against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In the study published in Nature Medicine, researchers worked with a species of Old World monkeys,…
July 05, 2016
Turning the art of a trefoil knot into polymer science is no easy process, but researchers at Case Western Reserve University developed a technique that produces a long chain molecule with the desired pretzel-like shape. Knotted polymers, sometimes found in nature, produce different properties…
July 01, 2016
Having Vice President Joe Biden kick-off the post Cancer Moonshot Summit national campaign in Cleveland - what a day!! The Vice President came to the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center because we proposed a concerted effort to develop interventional science driven…