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Biophysics’ Walter F. Boron receives the 2025 Christian Bohr Prize
Walter F. Boron, Distinguished University Professor and the David N. and Inez Myers/Antonio Scarpa Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, recently was awarded the Scandinavian Physiological Society's 2025 Christian Bohr Prize…
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January 28, 2025
To our School of Medicine community, I am writing to share the sad news that Case Western Reserve University longtime research scientist Hisashi Fujioka, PhD, died Thursday, Jan. 23, at the age of 75. Hisashi was the manager of standard electron microscopy…
January 28, 2025
At Case Western Reserve University, innovation extends beyond academics. January marks National Hobby Month, a perfect opportunity to highlight the unique talents and passions of the university’s faculty, staff and students. From competitive dodgeball to jewelry-making, their interests reflect…
January 22, 2025
Managing Type 1 diabetes (T1D) can often feel overwhelming—and that’s especially true for children and their caregivers. That’s where Case Western Reserve University’s Diabetes Inspired Culinary Education (DICE) study comes into play, offering a new way to approach T1D care and education. Led by…
January 22, 2025
Managing Type 1 diabetes (T1D) can often feel overwhelming—and that’s especially true for children and their caregivers. That’s where Case Western Reserve University’s Diabetes Inspired Culinary Education (DICE) study comes into play, offering a new way to approach T1D care and education. Led by…
January 22, 2025
To encourage and advance team science between clinical and basic science faculty, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals (UH) jointly funded five research teams engaged in new and promising scientific studies. The Collaborative Science Pilot Awards, a program…
January 17, 2025
It’s rare to be able to make everyone around you feel seen, valued and inspired, but Mary Garrity had that gift. Whether she was mentoring a colleague or forging connections with alumni and researchers, Garrity brought genuine warmth to everything she did. Now, the Case Western Reserve…
January 17, 2025
Masashi Tabuchi, assistant professor of neurosciences at Case Western Reserve University, was awarded a prestigious Scialog grant alongside his research collaborators for their innovative work in sleep and cognition research. Members of the the team, including Farzaneh Najafi of Georgia Tech and…
January 15, 2025
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which affects about 200 million people worldwide and can result in legal blindness, impairs an area of the eye (retina) used for reading, driving and many other critical daily tasks. A new study of large existing patient datasets indicates genetic and…
January 15, 2025
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered how specific protein regions contribute to breast cancer. Their study, published recently in Nature, focuses on what is known as the estrogen receptor, a protein linked in previous research to the development of…
January 14, 2025
National Institutes of Health awards $4 million to Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and Houston Methodist