Science + Tech

From: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Think Cultural Health (TCH) Think Cultural Health (TCH), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, is dedicated to advancing health equity at every point of contact. With growing concerns about…

Scientists identify key genes and molecules that spur aggressive activity Ahmad Khalil Ahmad M. Khalil knew the odds were against him—as in thousands upon thousands to one. Yet he and his team never wavered from their quest to identify the parts of the body responsible for revving up one of the…

Discovery could lead to treatment focus on red blood cell dysfunction in cardiovascular diseases and blood disorders Jonathan Stamler Professor Jonathan Stamler’s latest findings regarding nitric oxide have the potential to reshape fundamentally the way we think about the respiratory system—and…

Case Western Reserve University Radiology Professor Mark Griswold knew his world had changed the moment he first used a prototype of Microsoft’s HoloLens headset. Two months later, one of the university’s medical students illustrated exactly why. “There’s the aortic valve,” Satyam Ghodasara…

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University and the University of North Texas have made what they believe is the first metal-free bifunctional electrocatalyst that performs as well or better than most metal and metal oxide electrodes in zinc-air batteries. Zinc-air batteries are expected to…

Ahmad M. Khalil, PhD, knew the odds were against him — as in thousands upon thousands to one. Yet he and his team never wavered from their quest to identify the parts of the body responsible for revving up one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer, HER2+. This month in Breast Cancer…

Thanks to the generosity of a philanthropy dedicated to children’s issues, renowned Down syndrome researcher Alberto Costa, MD, PhD, has taken yet another step toward making Northeast Ohio the nation’s leader in exploring potential treatments of the genetic condition that affects 400,000 people in…

A pair of topical medicines already alleviating skin conditions each may prove to have another, even more compelling use: instructing stem cells in the brain to reverse damage caused by multiple sclerosis. Led by researchers at Case Western Reserve, a multi-institutional team used a new discovery…

A team led by Case Western Reserve researchers has identified a potentially powerful approach to lowering relapse rates among the ranks of those addicted to illegal drugs or alcohol. In a study of nearly 200 teenagers admitted to a residential treatment center in the northeastern United States,…

Professor Jonathan Stamler’s latest findings regarding nitric oxide have the potential to reshape fundamentally the way we think about the respiratory system – and offer new avenues to save lives. It may be time to rewrite the textbooks. Scientific dogma has the respiration process involving only…