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Doc Opera
The 34th annual Doc Opera performance will take place Saturday, Dec. 8, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the John Hay High School Auditorium (2075 Stokes Blvd.). Doc Opera is a student-run variety show composed of videotaped skits, musical performances and parodied songs and dances about medical school,…
Researchers Uncover Novel Mechanism behind Schizophrenia
An international team of researchers led by a Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine scientist has uncovered a novel mechanism in which a protein—neuregulin 3—controls how key neurotransmitters are released in the brain during schizophrenia. The protein is elevated in people with…
Case Western Reserve Researcher and International Colleagues Identify Genetic Mutation Underlying Severe Childhood Brain Disorder
A comparison of an unaffected brain and an affected brain with pachygyria. Ashleigh Schaffer, PhD, assistant professor of genetics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and a team of global genetics experts have discovered a genetic mutation and the faulty development…
Attention Deficit Disorders Could Stem from Impaired Brain Coordination
WATCH VIDEO Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and colleagues have discovered how two brain regions work together to maintain attention, and how discordance between the regions could lead to attention deficit disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder,…
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Case Western Reserve’s Ahmad Khalil receives NIH funding to develop new paradigm in fight against colorectal cancer
Targeting longnNoncoding RNAs may offer gains compared to conventional approaches Certain genes that code for proteins have long been known to contribute to cancer progression. But in a frame shift, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine recently found that non-coding…
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Awarded $1.35M to Conduct Lifesaving Childhood Cancer Research
Alex Huang, MD, PhD Leading cancer researcher, Alex Huang MD, PhD, has been awarded a three-year, $1.35 million grant from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation and the Osteosarcoma Collaborative to develop new ways to treat osteosarcoma, a rare cancer that begins in the bone. Huang, who is a…
Case Western Reserve-Led Study Triggers Change in WHO Guidelines for Treating Lymphatic Filariasis, Now Targeted for Elimination
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have shown that a single “cocktail” of three pill-based anti-parasite medications is significantly more effective at killing microscopic larval worms in people diagnosed with lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis,…
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Case Western Reserve School of Medicine receives NIH funding to investigate new imaging approach for peripheral vascular disease
Non-contrast based technique may benefit patients with peripheral arterial disease Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a three-year, $1,118,556 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health to investigate a new imaging…
Lin Mei, MD, PhD Joins Department of Neurosciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Lin Mei, MD, PhD, joins Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine as professor, chair of the Department of Neurosciences, and director of the Cleveland Brain Health Initiative. Mei comes to the medical school following 13 highly productive years at Medical College of Georgia at Augusta…
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Awarded $1.6M for Undergraduate Research
Mark Jackson, PhD Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is preparing and inspiring a new generation of cancer investigators through Cancer-focused Summer Undergraduate Research (CanSUR). The 10-week program recently received a five-year National Institutes of Health…