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Alex Huang, MD, PhD, Receives $450,000 from Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation
Leading cancer researcher, Alex Huang MD, PhD, has received a $450,000 Basic Science grant from the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation to study targeted approaches for effectively eliminating metastatic osteosarcoma. "We're very excited to study an important cancer that occurs in adolescents,…
Researchers Borrow from AIDS Playbook to Tackle Rheumatic Heart Disease: Taking Services to the People
Emmy Okello, MBChB, PhD performs echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease. Billions of US taxpayer dollars have been invested in Africa over the past 15 years to improve care for millions suffering from the HIV/AIDS epidemic; yet health systems on the continent continue to…
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Probing Alzheimer’s at both ends of the spectrum
Researchers receive NIH grants to study Amish resilience and rapid onset Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have received two grant awards, in partnership with investigators from other institutions, from the National Institutes of Health to conduct major studies on…
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Medical student pens column on reducing stress through interactions with animals
Neha Kumar, a student at the School of Medicine, recently penned a column about how interacting with animals can boost an individual's well-being and reduce stress. In the piece, titled “Adventure #14: Going Through a 'Ruff' Time?” Kumar reflects on her experience with an app that allowed her to…
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Computer program finds new uses for old drugs
Researchers repurpose pain meds to kill cancer cells Researchers at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCCC) at Case Western Reserve University have helped develop a computer program to find new indications for old drugs. The computer program, called DrugPredict, matches existing data about…
Researchers Receive $2.8 Million to Repurpose FDA-approved Drugs to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and collaborators have received a five-year, $2.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to identify FDA-approved medications that could be repurposed to treat Alzheimer’s disease. The award enables the researchers to…
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New study offers added hope for patients awaiting corneal transplants
Donor tissue can be stored for 11 days before transplantation—four days longer than current convention New national research led by Jonathan Lass of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has found that corneal donor tissue can be safely stored for 11 days before transplantation…
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Happy New Year
The holiday season is over … the wrapping paper that was strewn about the room has been collected and discarded; the lights unstrung and put away, the needles from the greens swept up. The New Year is upon us. It’s 2018. We are now in our 175th anniversary year. It will be August before we…
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Researchers receive Department of Defense grant for implantable muscle stimulator
Device aims to benefit patients with spinal cord injuries, including combat veterans A team of researchers led by Kath Bogie, a biomedical engineer and associate professor of orthopaedics and biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has received a $1.8 million,…
Zooming in on Protein to Prevent Kidney Stones
Researchers have applied Nobel prize-winning microscope technology to uncover an ion channel structure that could lead to new treatments for kidney stones. In a recent study published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, researchers revealed atomic-level details of the protein that serves as…