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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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February 07, 2018
Award will be used to develop new therapeutic options for metastatic osteosarcoma Leading cancer researcher Alex Huang has received a $450,000 Basic Science grant from Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation to study targeted approaches for effectively eliminating metastatic osteosarcoma. “We’re…
February 06, 2018
New tools will fight skin condition, personalize diagnosis and management, and identify leads for drug treatment An experienced interdisciplinary team of psoriasis and computational researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical…
January 31, 2018
A class of anti-inflammatory drugs already FDA-approved for rheumatoid arthritis could “purge” the reservoir of infected immune cells in people infected by HIV, according to new research. When culturing cells from HIV-infected individuals, researchers found the medications tofacitinib and…
January 25, 2018
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,…
January 22, 2018
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…
January 17, 2018
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…
January 12, 2018
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…
January 10, 2018
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…
January 09, 2018
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…
January 09, 2018
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…