Science + Tech
July 30, 2014
Neighborhood Connections, the small-grants and grassroots community-building program affiliated with the Cleveland Foundation, will bring a 12-foot teepee to the WOW! Wade Oval Wednesday concert today, July 30. People will have an opportunity to share their thoughts about what makes for a healthy…
July 29, 2014
Neighborhood Connections, the small-grants and grassroots community-building program affiliated with the Cleveland Foundation, is bringing a 12-foot teepee to the WOW! Wade Oval Wednesday concert on July 30. People will have an opportunity to share their thoughts about what makes for a healthy…
July 28, 2014
Case Western Reserve scientist helps lead study that links “Dishevelled” genes to disruptions in cerebrospinal fluid flow in animal models The mysterious condition once known as “water on the brain” became just a bit less murky this week thanks to a global research group led in part by a Case…
July 24, 2014
Cuyahoga County high school students are smoking tobacco products at the same rate as adults in the county, according to new data from the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) at Case Western Reserve University. In 2013, more than 22 percent, or one in five high school…
July 22, 2014
Researchers from Case Western Reserve and Dartmouth show the small antioxidant molecules suppress colon cancer onset Researchers from Case Western Reserve University and Dartmouth College have shown that a class of small antioxidant molecules carries enormous promise for suppressing colon cancer…
July 17, 2014
The mysterious condition once known as “water on the brain” became just a bit less murky this week thanks to a global research group led in part by a Case Western Reserve researcher. Professor Anthony Wynshaw-Boris, MD, PhD, is the co-principal investigator on a study that illustrates how the…
July 09, 2014
In an era of increasing concern about the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant illness, Case Western Reserve researchers have identified a promising new pathway to disabling disease: blocking bacteria’s access to iron in the body. The scientists showed how bacterial siderophore, a small molecule,…
July 07, 2014
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine are part of a five-university collaboration receiving a $12.6 million, four-year grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to identify rare genetic variants that may either…
July 07, 2014
Case Western Reserve University scientists pinpoint channeling of cell’s energy flow in moving metal ions Case Western Reserve University scientists have discovered how a family of proteins—cation diffusion facilitators (CDFs)—regulates an important cellular cycle, where a cell’s energy generated…
June 30, 2014
Leaders from Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals this evening announced a new collaborative fundraising effort focused on Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) cancer. The news came as Char and Chuck Fowler announced their third major philanthropic commitment aimed at defeating the…