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Bladder Function Restored in Animals with Severe Spinal Cord Injury
CLEVELAND – June 26, 2013 – For the first time, researchers have restored significant bladder function through nerve regeneration in rats with the most severe spinal cord injuries (SCI). The breakthrough paired a traditional nerve bridge graft with a novel combination of scar degrading and growth…
Bladder function restored in animals with severe spinal cord injury
Case Western Reserve and Cleveland Clinic researchers build regeneration bridge For the first time, researchers have restored significant bladder function through nerve regeneration in rats with the most severe spinal cord injuries (SCI). The breakthrough paired a traditional nerve bridge graft…
Gene Offers an Athlete's Heart Without The Exercise
CLEVELAND - Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have found that a single gene poses a double threat to disease: Not only does it inhibit the growth and spread of breast tumors, but it also makes hearts healthier. In 2012, medical school researchers discovered the suppressive effects of…
Health Information Exchanges: Transforming Health in Ohio
CLEVELAND - Today, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s Weatherhead Institute for Family Medicine and Community Health are hosting the second annual Ohio Health Data Symposium, a meeting for research and public health experts. The…
New Multi-million Dollar Research Center Aims to Solve the Mystery of Premature Birth
CLEVELAND - Three major Ohio universities and four hospitals have joined with the March of Dimes Foundation to establish a new collaborative research program aimed exclusively at finding the unknown causes of premature birth. The March of Dimes intends to invest $10 million in the program over five…
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Researchers Discover New Target for Personalized Cancer Therapy
CLEVELAND - A common cancer pathway causing tumor growth is now being targeted by a number of new cancer drugs and shows promising results. A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have developed a novel method to disrupt this growth signaling pathway, with…
Historic collaboration wins support to launch statewide clinical trials
Case Western Reserve’s School of Medicine is leading a statewide effort to speed the progress of promising medications to patients—all by encouraging collaboration among Ohio’s health leaders. Thanks to a nearly $2 million investment from the State of the Ohio, more than a half dozen schools and…
Historic collaboration wins support to launch statewide clinical trials
Case Western Reserve’s School of Medicine is leading a statewide effort to speed the progress of promising medications to patients—all by encouraging collaboration among Ohio’s health leaders. Thanks to a nearly $2 million investment from the State of the Ohio, more than a half dozen schools and…
Detecting Autism From Brain Activity
CLEVELAND - Neuroscientists from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the University of Toronto have developed an efficient and reliable method of analyzing brain activity to detect autism in children. Their findings appear today in the online journal PLOS ONE. The researchers…
Ordinary Skin Cells Morphed into Functional Brain Cells
CLEVELAND - Researchers at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have discovered a technique that directly converts skin cells to the type of brain cells destroyed in patients with multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and other so-called myelin disorders. This discovery appears today in the…