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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 06, 2017
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered how unusually long pieces of RNA work in skin cells. The RNA pieces, called “long non-coding RNAs” or “lncRNAs,” help skin cells modulate connective tissue proteins, like collagen, and could represent novel…
December 06, 2017
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center organizes strategic meeting in Atlanta to plan next three to five years Researchers at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine are focusing their efforts on adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer research.…
December 06, 2017
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center organizes strategic meeting in Atlanta to plan next three to five years Researchers at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine are focusing their efforts on adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer research. More…
December 05, 2017
Researchers at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, are focusing their efforts on adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer research. More than 50 leaders from top cancer research institutions will gather this Friday, December 8, in Atlanta to…
November 30, 2017
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)—the human equivalent of mad cow disease—is caused by rogue, misfolded protein aggregates termed prions, which are infectious and cause fatal damages in the patient’s brain. CJD patients develop signature microscopic sponge-like holes in their brains. The initial…
November 27, 2017
Researchers discover a conserved pathway that controls aging Investigators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Health System have identified a new molecular pathway that controls lifespan and health span in worms and mammals. In a Nature Communications…
November 22, 2017
It is late November and the cold, raw wind has arrived. Leaves have fallen from the trees, though some cling stubbornly to the branches. The unseasonable warmth of early fall is a memory. Frost comes at night and the days are short. Thanksgiving is almost upon us and we are sliding into…
November 20, 2017
Pamela B. Davis, dean of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and senior vice president for medical affairs, and Lynn T. Singer, the university’s deputy provost and vice president for academic affairs, have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of…
November 20, 2017
The Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership, which helps to commercialize projects by clinicians and biomedical engineering faculty that improve human health and well-being, has awarded more than $1.1 million in financial backing and other support for the 2017 round of funding. The…
November 17, 2017
Eileen Anderson-Fye, associate professor of bioethics and adjunct associate professor of psychiatry, used her two decades of research to re-theorize the effects of sociocultural factors on body image and eating disorders. The piece, titled “Cultural Influences on Body Image and Eating Disorders,”…