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COVID-19 associated with increase in new diagnoses of type 1 diabetes in youth, by as much as 72%
Children who were infected with COVID-19 show a substantially higher risk of developing type 1 diabetes (T1D), according to a new study that analyzed electronic health records of more than 1 million patients ages 18 and younger. In a study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, researchers at…
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New study reveals mechanism for how disease-spreading prions can jump from one species to another
Finding suggests transmission between species may be possible In a new study, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified the structure of protein fibrils linked to a hereditary form of human prion disease.   This insight, they say, reveals the mechanism…
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What if some stress actually protects your body?
New Case Western Reserve University study suggests it just might Stress has been linked to all sorts of serious health issues, from insomnia to high blood pressure, obesity and even heart disease. But it’s generally acknowledged that some stress can also be helpful, like when someone’s chasing a…
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$2.1M committed to CWRU to study community-led equitable access to fresh and nutritious foods in Greater Cleveland
There are many initiatives that work to address nutrition inequality; however, these programs are often not coordinated with other aspects of the local food system. The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) is awarding an additional $1 million grant to Case Western Reserve University…
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PRIME information session
Join Anthony Saar, director of the Post-baccalaureate Readiness Instruction for bioMedical Education (PRIME) program for a Q&A session to learn more about PRIME Thursday, Sept. 29, from noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom. Saar will share information about the two popular tracks for students to complete…
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New CWRU undergraduate, graduate programs launch
Case School of Engineering program becomes first of its kind to be accredited in the U.S. With a new academic year comes new program offerings at Case Western Reserve University—and in the case of the university’s engineering school, new accomplishments on a national stage. Case School of…
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Researchers publish article on method to control COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused more than 4 million deaths and effective methods to control CoV-2 infection, in addition to vaccines, are needed. A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University designed a trimeric version of the receptor-binding domain (tRBD) of the Cov-2 virus and show…
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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…