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In Memoriam Dr. Adel Mahmoud
I am sad to tell you that Dr. Adel Mahmoud, a pioneer in preventing and treating diseases throughout the world, died June 11 in New York City. Dr. Mahmoud’s storied career combined academic leadership, research, development, policy, and implementation science, all focused on improving the health…
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Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers create first artificial human prion
Finding may shed added light on, offer treatment hope for brain-wasting diseases Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have synthesized the first artificial human prion, a dramatic development in efforts to combat a devastating form of brain disease that has so far eluded…
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School of Medicine researchers present work on disparities in outpatient dermatological care
Medical students Raghav Tripathi and Konrad D. Knusel and Associate Professor Jeremy S. Bordeaux presented their research at the International Investigative Dermatology Conference in Orlando, Florida. Their work, titled “Disparities in outpatient dermatologic health care access and utilization in…
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Heart disease symptoms improved by blocking immune cell migration
Researchers find circulating immune cells can worsen, rather than improve disease New research led by investigators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center suggests that the location of immune cells in the body determines whether they…
Moving Discoveries to Patients
Last week we spun out the sixth company this year from the School of Medicine faculty. It features a nifty little device that samples the lower esophagus to check for the changes of Barrett’s esophagus. This sampling is done without endoscopy or sedation – you just swallow a plastic wafer-like…
Case Western Reserve Bioinformatics Expert Part of International “A” Team that Debuts Brain Cancer Atlas
It takes an “A” team to make headway against glioblastoma, a highly aggressive type of brain cancer. Glioblastoma is the most common type of malignant brain tumor in adults. In addition to the caliber of the researchers involved, in this case “A” also stands for atlas. A key member of the team,…
ASCO Annual Meeting 2018 Highlights
      Date / Time Session Title / Details Friday, June 1st 1:20 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. Clinical Problems in Oncology Session Rm. E253c Clinical Challenges for Stem Cell Transplants: Selecting the Proper Patient, Timing, and…
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School of Medicine’s Richard Martin receives lifetime achievement award for neonatal research
Richard Martin, professor of pediatrics, reproductive biology and physiology at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, and director of neonatal research programs and Drusinsky-Fanaroff Chair in Neonatology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, has been selected as the recipient of the…
“Giving Kids Hope” Event Benefits Research on Genetic Disorders Affecting Children
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine will host an exciting evening to benefit pediatric research in genetic disorders with gourmet chef-action stations and menu by Cleveland celebrity chef Fabio Salerno of Lago-Cucina, Entoteca, Birreria, with Fox 8 News anchors Natalie Herbick and…
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Shining a light on the nervous system to thwart disease
Researchers receive $9M NIH grant to develop infrared technology for understanding, managing the peripheral nervous system’s role in many illnesses Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University and the University of Pittsburgh received a four-year, $9…