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National Institute on Aging awards $15.4 million to continue support for Cleveland Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Center is one of 31 NIH-funded centers in the nation The National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a grant expected to total $15.4 million to continue funding the Cleveland Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The new five-year award will support the…
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Early-warning system for sepsis shown to improve survival rates and cut hospital stays, new study finds
Emergency room patients who were flagged by an artificial-intelligence algorithm for possibly having sepsis received antibiotics sooner and had better outcomes, according to a peer-reviewed study conducted by physician-researchers at Case Western Reserve University and MetroHealth. Their findings…
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Affordable Cancer Technology Conference
The Affordable Cancer Technology (ACT 2021) Conference is a global oncology virtual event open to the public for the first time Sept. 23–24. The focus will be the intersection of technological innovation, cancer research, and global disparities, and it will bring together researchers, public health…
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Cardiovascular researcher Mukesh Jain named Distinguished University Professor
Mukesh Jain, the Ellery Sedgwick Chair and Distinguished Scientist in the Department of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, is internationally recognized for his discovery of the role of a family of factors termed Kruppel-like factors (KLFs)—DNA-binding proteins that regulate a host of…
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Spartan Showcase: Ibrahim Mohammed Alasafrah
Program: Master of Public Health ProgramYear: Second-Year At a time when misinformation related to health care abounds, it's important to seek out expertise. Ibrahim Mohammed Alasafrah, a second-year public health master’s student, is on a quest to do just that. Alasafrah recently launched a…
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AI Used to Confirm Role of Collagen Structure in Tissue for Predicting Aggressiveness of Tumors, Recurrence of Cancer
​Scientists in Anant Madabhushi's lab have used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify new biomarkers for breast cancer that can predict whether the cancer will return after treatment—and which can be identified from routinely acquired tissue biopsy samples of early-stage breast cancer. The…
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U.S. Patent Issued for Cleveland Clinic Ovarian Cancer Vaccine Technology
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued the first U.S. patent for a novel ovarian cancer vaccine technology developed by Cleveland Clinic researchers Vincent K. Tuohy, PhD, Suparna Mazumder, PhD, and Justin M. Johnson. The technology is licensed worldwide by Anixa Biosciences, Inc., a…
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Medicine’s Stephen Sroka receives award from American School Health Association
Stephen Sroka, adjunct assistant professor of medicine, received the Fellow Award from the American School Health Association. The organization is made up of administrators, counselors, dietitians, nutritionists, health educators, physical educators, psychologists, school health coordinators,…
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School of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic researchers awarded grant
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic have received a $1.77 million grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health. The principal investigators for the three-year grant include Marsha Michie, assistant…
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CWRU researchers selected for Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Feixiong Cheng, assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine, and Jessica Castrillon Lal, a PhD student, were awarded the Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study from Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The Gilliam program supports promising graduate students who are historically…