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From driving cutting-edge research to bringing medical innovations to market, landing competitive awards and more, the faculty, staff and students at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine know how to make headlines.
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Molecular ‘brake’ in brain development could hold key to treating multiple sclerosis
Discovery led by Institute for Glial Sciences at Case Western Reserve University suggests new path to regenerative therapies for MS
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CWRU School of Medicine’s Akua Abrah earns Fulbright award to combat a common cause of infant mortality in Ghana
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October 26, 2020
Outlet: News 5 Cleveland...
October 26, 2020
Outlet: Today's Dietitian...
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October 26, 2020
Madabhushi lab working with researchers from Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Cleveland Clinic and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to begin training computers to glean from pathology images which patients will accept, reject heart transplant
The team of biomedical researchers ...
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October 26, 2020
For more than 40 years, the Case Western Reserve University Anatomical Gift Program (AGP) has been a trusted source of cadavers to many of the health professions students at CWRU, including those in the MD, PA, dental medicine, and graduate anatomy programs. Donating one’s body is a selfless gift to...
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October 22, 2020
Researchers uncover surprising dark side to the body’s normally protective low oxygen response system
Brain cell dysfunction in low oxygen is, surprisingly, caused by the very same responder system that is intended to be protective, according to a new published study by a team of researchers at Cas...
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October 21, 2020
Are you interested in pursuing a master's program to assist your career aspirations within health care, social work, or perhaps policy and law? Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to a special virtual information session this Wednesday to learn about the Bioethics an...
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October 20, 2020
Interim President Scott Cowen and Provost Ben Vinson III announced today that Interim Dean Stan Gerson has agreed to extend his term for another year, to June 30, 2022.
“We knew Stan’s deep familiarity with the medical school and its hospital partners would give him distinct advantages as he starte...
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October 19, 2020
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine seek to optimize emerging methods of diagnosing two common neurodegenerative diseases—dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s disease dementia—that affect 1.4 million in the United States
With a $5.5 million, five-year award from t...
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October 19, 2020
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to a documentary screening of Cut: Slicing Through the Myths of Circumcision Monday, Oct. 26, at 6 p.m. EDT via Zoom.
Following the screening, film director Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon and Mark Aulisio, the Susan E. Watson Professor and ...
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October 16, 2020
Tackling parental concerns about chemicals in vaccines and the home
Contemporary Pediatrics: Aparna Bole, associate professor in the School of Medicine, discussed how the complicated regulation of chemicals in the United States can potentially expose children to chemicals, including cleaning produc...