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Andrew Pieper receives CWRU’s second eminent professorship
Andrew Pieper, MD, PhD, is tackling some of medicine’s toughest targets: Alzheimer’s, Parkinson's and brain injury. Now, his work at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is getting an even bigger boost thanks to alumna and psychiatrist Rebecca E. Barchas, MD (MED ’75). Pieper’s…
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December 11, 2018
$2.9M NIH grant focuses on transmission and diagnostic testing
Affecting both people and animals, prion diseases are degenerative brain disorders that can debilitate or kill their victims. The most common form of prion disease affecting humans is sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). There are…
December 06, 2018
Alzheimer’s disease symptoms, such as memory loss or cognitive decline, can present in different ways among people with diverse ethnic backgrounds. Researchers know a complex mix of social, behavioral and genetic variables can impact the onset and progression of this disease. Recent studies show…
December 04, 2018
CWRU’s Rong Xu receives $5 million in funding from NIH’s National Institute on Aging
Sports concussions, Parkinson’s disease and hormone therapy for cancer all can have memory loss as symptoms. But can the biochemical processes of each reveal anything about the memory loss associated with…
November 30, 2018
Jidong Fu, MD, PhD, assistant professor, and Ricky Chan, PhD, were the November 2018 CTSC Core Utilization Pilot Award Recipients.
November 30, 2018
A group of medical students from Case Western Reserve University recently won bronze at the 2018 Collegiate Inventors Competition, an annual competition for college and university students and their faculty advisors. The team was composed of: Sanjit Datta; David Pfau; Eric Salomon; and
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November 26, 2018
At our Thanksgiving table, my husband raised his glass in a toast. Present were all four of the children in our blended family and their partners, our five grandchildren, plus miscellaneous in-laws. The table was loaded with dishes contributed by each family. The little ones were already consuming…
November 20, 2018
Last week we celebrated Veterans Day and Thanksgiving is on Thursday. Among the many things we can be grateful for, it’s important to include our veterans. They have protected our country through thick and thin, wherever the fight might be and whether the wars were popular or not. We can give…
November 20, 2018
Technique improves understanding of myelin disease; expands ability to screen potential therapies for rare pediatric brain disorder
In two recently published papers, a scientific team at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine reports on the discovery and implementation of a new, more…
November 16, 2018
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,…
November 15, 2018
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…