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New drug that could aid earlier MS diagnoses approved by FDA for first human clinical trials
Created by Case Western Reserve University researchers, the drug will be tested in healthy volunteers at Cleveland Clinic Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis A new drug that could make it easier for doctors to diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS) in its earlier stages has been approved for its first…
Medicine’s Leena Khaitan discusses sources of indigestion
Outlet: US News & World Report
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Distinguished University Professor Robert Bonomo to receive Mark Wolcott Award for Excellence in Clinical Leadership
Robert Bonomo, professor of medicine, pharmacology, molecular biology and microbiology at the School of Medicine and a Distinguished University Professor, will receive the 2020 Mark Wolcott Award for Excellence in Clinical Leadership from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs during a ceremony in…
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CWRU team excels, earns award in regional competition
Congratulations to first-year law students Sierra Lipscomb and Makela Hayford for a fantastic finish at the 1L Law Student Diversity Case Competition hosted by the University of Cincinnati College of Law and Keating Muething & Klekamp. Lipscomb and Hayford placed third out of 18 teams from eight…
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Possible Alzheimer’s breakthrough suggested
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers say newly found protein is bio-marker for disease; suggest suppression of ‘aggregatin’ could lead to future treatments to slow Alzheimer’s progression Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine say they have…
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Professor Mehlman coauthors journal article on compulsory immunization and the law
Professor Max Mehlman, director of the Law-Medicine Center, recently co-authored an article in the Pathogens and Immunity journal with Dr. Michael Lederman, titled, “Compulsory Immunization Protects Against Infection: What Law and Society Can Do.” The article examines potential legal remedies to…
Cancer Progress
This weekend saw the wide publication of the good news that for 2017, the death rate from cancer actually fell. There was double good news because one of the most deadly cancers – cancer of the lung – led the decline. New insights into the commonalities inherent in cancers that are more determined…
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$1M, two-year grant from Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust to advance CWRU research on therapies for Huntington’s disease
A $1 million, two-year grant from the Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust will allow researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine to further their work on developing drugs to treat Huntington’s disease (HD) and other neurological disorders. Xin Qi, an…