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Sandra W. Jacobson lectures
Sandra W. Jacobson, professor of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences at Wayne State University’s School of Medicine, will give two lectures on campus this week. For pediatric grand rounds, Jacobson will give a presentation Thursday, April 25, from 8 to 9 a.m. in the University Hospitals…
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Samson Pavilion Ribbon Cutting
A beautiful spring day welcomed almost 600 guests for the ribbon cutting ceremony that marked the official opening of the Sheila and Eric Samson Pavilion at the Health Education Campus. Entering the building as the sun streamed through the skylight into the courtyard, one could sense the electric…
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Medicine’s Scott Williams calls for more diversity in genetic studies
Scott Williams, a professor of population and quantitative health sciences and genetics and genome sciences, co-wrote an article titled “The Missing Diversity in Human Genetic Studies” for Cell, a medical research journal. Williams argued that the lack of diversity limits the ability to make…
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Dermatology researchers study patient costs associated with chronic cutaneous ulcers
Researchers from the Department of Dermatology published an article on the financial burden of chronic cutaneous ulcers, which are associated with a wide variety of medical conditions, in the United States. The article, titled “Incremental Health Care Expenditure of Chronic Cutaneous Ulcers in the…
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CWRU researchers develop new treatment for stress urinary incontinence
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center recently published an article on a potential novel treatment for stress urinary incontinence (SUI), a condition that is estimated to affect 40 percent of childbearing women. The article, titled…
Pig Experiment Raises Ethical Questions Around Brain Damage
The brain is more resilient than previously thought. In a groundbreaking experiment published in this week’s issue of Nature, neuroscientists created an artificial circulation system that successfully restored some functions and structures in donated pig brains—up to four hours after the pigs were…
Scientists spur some activity in brains of slaughtered pigs
Outlet: Associated Press
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New “interspecies communication” strategy between gut bacteria and mammalian hosts uncovered
Study describes molecular language bacteria use to control host genes and development Bacteria in the gut do far more than help digest food in the stomachs of their hosts; they can also tell the genes in their mammalian hosts what to do. A study published recently in Cell describes a form of…