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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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CWRU Athletes in Medicine: The power of peer mentorship
Balancing the demands of athletics with the rigorous path toward a career in medicine is a uniquely challenging—and rewarding—experience. At Case Western Reserve University, a new student-led mentorship initiative is working to make that journey more supportive and sustainable for pre-med student…
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Research paper from CWRU School of Medicine awarded 2025 PNAS Cozzarelli Prize
Recent News
August 01, 2018
President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III today announced the reappointment of Pamela B. Davis as dean of the School of Medicine and senior vice president for medical affairs. Davis, who has led the school since 2006, has accepted this reappointment but will return to the faculty…
July 31, 2018
Convelo Therapeutics Inc., a company founded on seminal scientific discoveries made in the laboratories of Paul Tesar and Drew Adams at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has launched from working in stealth mode with a mission to discover and develop a new class of medicines that…
July 26, 2018
Researchers generate missing cell type in brain “organoids”
A cutting-edge laboratory technique that turns human stem cells into brain-like tissue now recapitulates human brain development more accurately than ever, according to a new study from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.…
July 25, 2018
Dozens of drug candidates identified that share a common mechanism to stimulate regeneration of the brain’s myelinating cells
Research published today in the journal Nature provides new understanding about how drugs can repair damaged brain cells that cause disability in patients with multiple…
July 25, 2018
oligocortical spheroids A cutting-edge laboratory technique that turns human stem cells into brain-like tissue now recapitulates human brain development more accurately than ever, according to a new study from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. The study, published…
July 20, 2018
A team of researchers from the Case School of Engineering and School of Medicine published the first research paper on their blood-clotting device, ClotChip, in the Journal of Thrombosis and Hemostasis. The authors of the paper are: Debnath Maji, Department of Electrical Engineering and…
July 16, 2018
Scientists have long known that RNA encodes instructions to make proteins. The building blocks that comprise RNA—A, U, C, and Gs—form a blueprint for the protein-making machinery in cells. To make proteins, the machinery latches on RNA at one end and then scans along the RNA until it reaches an AUG…
July 11, 2018
Technology developed by Case Western Reserve researchers; licensed by Technology Transfer Office
XaTek Inc., a Cleveland-based company developing a portable sensing system that can quickly assess the clotting ability of a person’s blood, recently raised $9.1 million in Series A capital to further…
July 09, 2018
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found a nanobody that holds promise to advance targeted therapies for a number of neurological diseases and cancer. In a recent study published in Nature Communications, Sahil Gulati, of the Department of Pharmacology at Case…
July 03, 2018
Tomorrow is the Fourth and it is July—steamy and sunny. Without assiduous watering, the flowers droop and wilt, and the humans come down with heat stroke! Air conditioning is the order of the day, and older homes in our inner-ring suburbs fight to stay cool. Robocalls from the city warn elderly…