Science + Tech
January 14, 2015
Case Western Reserve and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center researchers and physicians have discovered that the molecule known as coenzyme A plays a key role in cell metabolism by regulating the actions of nitric oxide. Cell metabolism is the ongoing process of chemical transformations…
January 12, 2015
Adapted from: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH); and the Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice (CECP) What is cultural competency? Culture has been defined as: An integrated pattern of learned beliefs, values and behaviors that…
January 12, 2015
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified new gene mutations unique to colon cancers in African Americans – the population with the highest incidence and death rates of any group for this disease. This discovery – namely, that colorectal cancers appear different on a molecular…
January 05, 2015
Protein regulates action of gene-repair route where cancer cells are met with fatal inhospitality Case Western Reserve researchers have identified a two-pronged therapeutic approach that shows great potential for weakening and then defeating cancer cells. The team’s complex mix of genetic and…
December 30, 2014
Case Western Reserve researchers have identified a two-pronged therapeutic approach that shows great potential for weakening and then defeating cancer cells. The team’s complex mix of genetic and biochemical experiments unearthed a way to increase the presence of a tumor-suppressing protein which,…
December 23, 2014
Laboratory breakthrough offers promise for spinal cord injury patients to breathe on their own again
Case Western Reserve researcher presents findings that could free patients from ventilators—even years after injury Case Western Reserve researchers have developed a procedure that restores function to muscles involved in the control of breathing—even when they have been paralyzed for more than a…
December 16, 2014
The Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals (UH) AIDS Clinical Trials Unit has a new initiative to reach out to women in Northeast Ohio regarding the critical need for them to participate in HIV-related clinical trials. The initiative, titled “You can make a difference” will include…
December 10, 2014
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have uncovered the mechanism that enables the enzyme Lecithin: retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) to store vitamin A — a process that is indispensable for vision. Their findings appeared in the Nov. 10 edition of the online…
December 08, 2014
Case Western Reserve is one of two universities in the country selected to lead a $27.3 million international effort to identify the causes of a mysterious and deadly phenomenon that strikes people with epilepsy without warning. For the past several years, federal health officials have explored…
December 08, 2014
We are pleased to start off the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) Cultural Competency Series with a keynote address presented by Sonja Harris-Haywood, MD, MS, at the Case CCC Cultural Competency Retreat on March 13, 2014. The audience of Dr. Haywood’s presentation, Operationalizing…