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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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October 06, 2017
Cleveland-based Theramalin Inc., a privately held company founded by a Case Western Reserve University diabetes researcher, has partnered with Sanofi, a multi-national pharmaceutical firm, in a collaboration that involves $17.5 million in venture-capital financing for new insulin therapies. The…
October 04, 2017
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showing the bacteria E. coli and S. marcescens surrounding the fungus Candida tropicalis. Scientists have determined that fungus may play a key role in chronic intestinal inflammation disorders. They found that patients with Crohn’s disease tend to…
October 02, 2017
A Case Western Reserve University-led study of a promising medication for people with Down syndrome is going global. Brazilian authorities’ recent approval of a clinical trial in São Paulo not only increases the diversity of participants in the project begun in Cleveland, but also provides an…
September 11, 2017
Co-chair of task force outlines five differences contained in new national report The first new national guidelines since 2004 on identifying and treating high blood pressure in children and adolescents (aged 3-18 years old) have been published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which…
September 08, 2017
Fabio Cominelli has been selected for the 2017 Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Medal for Excellence in Health Science Innovation, the School of Medicine’s highest honor, for his accomplishments in advancing digestive system health. Cominelli, associate dean for program…
September 08, 2017
Parameswaran Ramakrishnan, assistant professor of pathology, and David Baltimore of the California Institute of Technology, were recently issued a patent titled “Targeting c-Rel O-GlcNAcylation and Uses Thereof.” The research Type 1 diabetes is an incurable autoimmune disease, where a type of…
September 07, 2017
Kurt Lu, MD, assistant professor of dermatology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has received a five year, $3.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to expand countermeasures against chemical threats, including mustard gas and mustard-related compounds. The…
September 04, 2017
September is Women in Medicine month. Although underrepresented in our field for decades, today women make up just about half of all medical students. And the American Association of Medical Colleges tells us that the number of female medical school applicants and enrollees hit record numbers this…
August 29, 2017
Proteins, an indispensable component orchestrating crucial bodily functions from the heartbeat to digestion, have been long studied. But a central mystery remains: How exactly do they carry out their life-maintaining activities?Through groundbreaking research in the structure and dynamics of…
August 22, 2017
Rodeo Therapeutics receives early funding to develop 15-PGDH Inhibitors as human therapeutics Rodeo Therapeutics, a new drug development company created by two highly regarded Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers, has raised $5.9 million to develop small-molecule drugs…