Science + Tech

CLEVELAND - Armed with a new $1.8 million grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, dermatology researcher Nicole Ward, PhD, assistant professor of dermatology and neurosciences at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, will lead a study examining the…

CLEVELAND - Menachem Shoham, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has discovered novel antivirulence drugs that, without killing the bacteria, render Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) and Streptococcus pyogenes, commonly…

Scientists at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute have discovered that the parasite that causes the most common form of malaria has the same genetic variations—even when the organisms are separated across continents. The discovery raises concerns that…

CLEVELAND - Ben W. Strowbridge, PhD, professor of neurosciences and physiology and biophysics, and Robert A. Hyde, a fourth year MD/PhD student in the neurosciences graduate program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, have discovered how to store diverse forms of artificial…

CLEVELAND - A new study published in a special issue of Substance Abuse finds that recovering alcoholics who help others in 12-step programs furthers their time sober, consideration for others, step-work, and long-term meeting attendance. These novel findings are from a 10-year, prospective…

CLEVELAND - The healthcare industry, along with many others, is drowning in data. From electronic medical records to Medicaid data, the volume of information continues to grow and much of it is inaccessible. Today, the Ohio Department of Health and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine…

Nanoparticles tailored to latch onto blood platelets rapidly create healthy clots and nearly double the survival rate in the vital first hour after injury, new research shows. “We knew an injection of these nanoparticles stopped bleeding faster, but now we know the bleeding is stopped in time to…

CLEVELAND - The three Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) institutions in Ohio — Case Western Reserve University, University of Cincinnati and The Ohio State University — and their partnering institutions have established a statewide collaborative agreement allowing a single…

CLEVELAND - A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, led by Dr. Mark W. Jackson, have developed a novel method to identify genes that, when overexpressed, make normal cells behave like cancer cells. Using this method, the Jackson laboratory has identified a new…

Case Western Reserve University’s ambitious collaboration to bring medical discoveries to patients has won an extraordinary endorsement: a $64.6 million federal grant that is the largest ever awarded in Northeast Ohio. “Five years ago Cleveland’s leading biomedical institutions came together in an…