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Pathology’s Param Ramakrishnan gives invited talk at the University of Georgia
Param Ramakrishnan, associate professor of pathology at the School of Medicine, recently gave a presentation at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center at the University of Georgia. Ramakrishnan’s presentation, titled “Dual Regulation of Transcription in T lymphocytes by NF-kappaB c-Rel…
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Gay men are two times more likely to have inflammatory bowel disease, according to new research
Study will allow researchers to develop personalized precision medicine for treatment of IBD in this underrepresented minority patient population Gay men are more than twice as likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) than heterosexual men when both populations engage in high-risk sexual…
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5 things to know about… Alzheimer’s disease
When Jonathan Haines was learning about genetics in his high school biology class, he thought it was going to be pretty straightforward—you get one copy of genes from mom, one copy from dad and that’s it. “By the time I realized it was really complex, I was already hooked,” said Haines, the Mary…
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National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center to receive up to $20 million in CDC grant funding for continued research into fatal neurodegenerative prion diseases in brain
The National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center (NPDPSC) at Case Western Reserve University will receive up to $20 million in funding as part of a grant renewal from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to better understand how and why prion diseases—degenerative brain…
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“Career Paths as a Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant or Physician Assistant”
The School of Medicine at Case Western University offers two programs specific to advanced practice providers: certified anesthesiologist assistants and physician assistants. Both of these programs have come together for a session titled “Career Paths as a Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant or…
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"Ask Me Anything": Nutrition and public health nutrition master’s programs
The Department of Nutrition at the School of Medicine will host an "Ask Me Anything" session for prospective students in the nutrition and public health nutrition master’s programs Thursday, Sept. 15, from 2 to 3 p.m. via Zoom. Attendees will hear more about student life, research opportunities…
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Celebrate Peer Review Week!
Kelvin Smith Library recognizes and supports our researchers on campus and will be hosting activities that highlight the ways in which peer review contributes to and reinforces trust in scholarship. This year's theme, "Research Integrity: Creating and supporting trust in research" has inspired two…
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Library Resources Lab is Back!
Kelvin Smith Library invites the campus community to its annual Library Resources Lab on Wednesday, September 28, from 12 pm to 3:30 pm in Nord Hall 356.  See and learn more about our top resources that support your work in science, engineering, chemistry, health & medicine, and the best databases…
COVID-19
New study: Risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s disease increases by 50-80% in older adults who caught COVID-19
Older people who were infected with COVID-19 show a substantially higher risk—as much as 50% to 80% higher than a control group—of developing Alzheimer’s disease within a year, according to a study of more than 6 million patients 65 and older. In a study published today in the Journal of…
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Healing Spaces: An Environmental Justice Initiative
Teela Patterson is the visionary and lead writer behind Healing Spaces, an environmental justice initiative that began as a Cleveland Documenters environmental justice project. The Swetland Center for Environmental Health will host Patterson for a talk Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 9 a.m. in BioEnterprise…