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Case CCC Molecular Oncology Program member Khalid Sossey-Alaoui, PhD, and Thomas Jefferson University's Lucia Languino, PhD, conducted a collaborative study that appears in a recent Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. The study, Expression of the αVβ3 integrin affects prostate cancer sEV cargo and…

Juvenile Justice: Laura Voith, associate professor, discussed her study that showed how school interventions at a young age are the best shot at reducing youth violence.   Read the article

Chemical engineering is all around us. It’s physical: we can see it, touch it and smell it. Take, for example, using car air fresheners or smelling your mother’s cooking.  Air fresheners take advantage of transport principles by using the mass transfer coefficient kin the air and agitating it,…

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) and Cleveland Metroparks have partnered to make it easier for people to prevent skin cancer. Free sunscreen will be available to all visitors at participating Cleveland Metroparks beaches and golf courses. The project, “Be Sun Smart. Protect Your Skin…

A study by Case CCC Trainee Associate Member, Laura Bukavina, MD, MPH, and published in Cancer Research Communications, constitutes the first large-scale, multi-center assessment of gut microbiome (GM) composition, suggesting the potential for a complex microbial signature to predict patients more…

Case CCC Population and Cancer Prevention Program member, Mohamed Draz, PhD, provided background information for a study published this week in MDLinx that indicates honey bees can detect certain cancers with nearly 90% accuracy. Draz explains, “Cancer metabolism produces specific compounds that…

A study with Case CCC's Population and Cancer Prevention Co-Leader Stephanie Schmit, PhD, MPH, as Principal Investigator aims to close the healthcare gap that disproportionately affects Hispanic/Latino (H/L) communities in the U.S. by identifying colorectal cancer screening (CRC) screening…

The Diversity Engagement Survey (DES) completed by School of Medicine faculty, staff and students last year provided important insights toward the goal of building a strong community that inspires trust and responds to concerns. Developed by the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the…

Majors: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering Year: Third-Year Who are you co-oping with? Keithley/Tektronix in Solon, Ohio. What are your day-to-day tasks? [My title is] continuous Engineering Support Co-Op. Our team is in charge of maintaining current Keithley products. Electronic…

Major: Biomedical & Electrical Engineering Expected Graduation: 2025 Who are you interning with? PPL Corporation Explain the details of your internship.  As an intern on the distribution protection and control team we create the logic and settings for devices on our power lines. How did you…