Science + Tech
March 23, 2015
The concept was simple: If two compounds each individually show promise in preventing colon cancer, surely it’s worth trying the two together to see if even greater impact is possible. In this instance, Case Western Reserve cancer researcher Li Li, MD, PhD, could not have been more prescient. Not…
March 23, 2015
A surgical sedative may hold the key to reversing the devastating symptoms of a neurodevelopmental disorder found almost exclusively in females. Ketamine, used primarily for operative procedures, has shown such promise in mouse models that Case Western Reserve and Cleveland Clinic researchers soon…
March 19, 2015
Half a century ago, a concentrated global effort nearly wiped a disfiguring tropical disease from the face of the earth. Now, says Case Western Reserve’s James W. Kazura, MD, it’s time to complete the work. In a perspective column in the Feb.19 New England Journal of Medicine, Kazura responded to…
March 17, 2015
Habits, physique and more transform to hunt different critters Ryan Martin, assistant professor of biology and lead author of the study A species of fish that normally eats smaller fish changes in predictable ways when isolated from its prey, research led by a Case Western Reserve University…
March 16, 2015
Case Western Reserve researchers play key role in clinical trials’ groundbreaking results Case Western Reserve University researchers are part of an international team that discovered that a common herpes drug reduces HIV-1 levels—even when patients do not have herpes. Published…
March 13, 2015
Case Western Reserve researchers are part of an international team that has discovered that a common herpes drug reduces HIV-1 levels — even when patients do not have herpes. Published online in Clinical Infectious Diseases, the finding rebuts earlier scientific assumptions that Valacyclovir…
March 12, 2015
Case Western Reserve scientists have discovered that speed matters when it comes to how messenger RNA (mRNA) deciphers critical information within the genetic code — the complex chain of instructions critical to sustaining life. The investigators’ findings, which appear in the March 12…
March 12, 2015
New company developing “point-of-care” blood analyzer Punkaj Ahuja (left) and Patrick Leimkuehler (right) with a functional prototype blood test analyzer. A blood test yields a wealth of information crucial to a person's health. What's needed is a device that is small and inexpensive, yet…
February 25, 2015
Buildings that rock during an earthquake and return to plumb would withstand seismic shaking better than structural designs commonly used in vulnerable zones of California and elsewhere, a Case Western Reserve University researcher has found. Those buildings would also be more easily and cheaply…
February 09, 2015
Prepared and presented by Paula Schultz BSN, RN, CNRN, UH Seidman Cancer Center, Office of Patient and Public Education Objectives Creating an environment where patients are allowed and encouraged to tell their illness story is a crucial yet often overlooked component of cultural competence in…