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Screening of Mixed Match
The School of Medicine's Office of Diversity Initiatives & Community Engagement and the Office of Student Affairs will sponsor a viewing of Mixed Match. Mixed Match is a feature-length documentary that explores the need to find mixed-ethnicity bone marrow and cord blood donors to donate to…
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WISHED December book club: Being successful by overcoming imposter syndrome
For the professional women (and men) who experience the confidence-zapping “Impostor Syndrome,” Valerie Young offers an empowering plan to overcome the needless self-doubt that keeps them from feeling intelligent and competent in her book, The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women. This is the…
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School of Medicine Staff Award recipients announced
Four School of Medicine Staff Awards were recently given to outstanding employees in recognition of their contributions to the school during the 2016-17 academic year. A reception was held in honor of all School of Medicine Staff Award recipients Thursday, Oct. 19. Joan Harris Staff Development…
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Youth Enjoy Science grant brings diversity to cancer research
CWRU School of Medicine receives $2.5 million grant for Cleveland minority students Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, in partnership with the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, was awarded a five-year grant totaling $2.5 million to engage underrepresented minorities in…
Do Face Masks Protect against Air Pollution-Related Health Problems?
Many people around the world, especially in Asia, wear face masks to protect against air pollution. Do they work? Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD, Herman Hellerstein, professor of cardiovascular medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and chief of cardiovascular medicine at…
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Anatomy professor Darin Croft’s book reviewed by Scientific American
In a recent review published by Scientific American, Darin Croft’s book Horned Armadillos and Rafting Monkeys: The Fascinating Fossil Mammals of South America is described in detail and praised not only for its organization and accuracy, but also for its illustrations. Croft is a professor of…
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CWRU awarded funding to understand how a virus-like particle from plants stimulates potent anti-tumor response
NIH grant may enable new directions for cancer immunotherapies Nicole Steinmetz, the George J. Picha Designated Professor in Biomaterials, received a major grant from the National Institutes of Health to help understand how a virus-like particle from plants stimulates potent anti-tumor…
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Long, mysterious strips of RNA contribute to low sperm count
CWRU researchers take step closer to uncovering new genetic causes of infertility Scientists have found distinctive portions of genetic material—known as lncRNAs—that help sperm develop. A study published in Biology of Reproduction found male mice lacking a particular lncRNA have low sperm count,…
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Medicine’s Ali Mchaourab explains innovative VA opioid program
In an article titled “How one city’s VA health system has greatly reduced opioid prescribing” for STAT, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology Ali Mchaourab detailed a program designed to reduce opioid addiction among veterans. The pioneering program, implemented at Cleveland Veterans…
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Case Western Reserve’s Paul Tesar selected to receive New York Stem Cell Foundation Robertson Stem Cell Prize
Recognizes pioneering stem cell discoveries with the most potential to benefit patients Paul Tesar, the Dr. Donald and Ruth Weber Goodman Professor of Innovative Therapeutics in the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has been selected…