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CWRU Athletes in Medicine: The power of peer mentorship
Balancing the demands of athletics with the rigorous path toward a career in medicine is a uniquely challenging—and rewarding—experience. At Case Western Reserve University, a new student-led mentorship initiative is working to make that journey more supportive and sustainable for pre-med student…
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Research paper from CWRU School of Medicine awarded 2025 PNAS Cozzarelli Prize
Recent News
September 08, 2016
Insoo Hyun, PhD, associate professor of bioethics at the School of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, has proposed a framework for addressing ethical questions surrounding potentially revolutionary research on part-human, part-animal embryos, which can be produced when human stem cells…
September 08, 2016
Jonathan Karn, PhD, Reinberger Professor of Molecular Biology and chairman of the Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and director of the Case Center for AIDS Research, has been awarded the 2016 Drexel Prize in Translational…
September 06, 2016
Goal: Investigate the role of intestinal innate immunity in Crohn’s disease Fabio Cominelli, a professor in the departments of Medicine and Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and director of the school’s Digestive Health Research Institute, has received a $9.7 million,…
September 06, 2016
Invited commentary by Drs. Paula Silverman and Cheryl Thompson A recent study by Jones et al. in The British Journal of Cancer (BJC)(Jones ME. Br J Cancer. 2016 Aug 23) estimated an almost 3 fold (2.74 times) increase risk of breast cancer among post-menopausal women who used combination estrogen…
August 25, 2016
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers identify several structurally abnormal genes in esophageal adenocarcinoma in first ever genome-wide search Despite years of research, cellular mechanisms contributing to cancers like esophageal adenocarcinoma have remained elusive. What has puzzled…
August 19, 2016
When Monica Webb Hooper saw a Facebook post about an opening to establish and direct the Office of Cancer Disparities Research at Case Western Reserve University, she knew it had her name written all over it. She didn’t know much about Cleveland, but when she came here from the University of Miami…
August 17, 2016
Water fluoridation prevents dental cavities, which are a costly public health concern. But despite the benefits supplemental water fluoridation remains a controversial subject. Some indicate it may cause long term health problems, but studies reporting side effects have been minimal or…
August 15, 2016
Get a glimpse at Case Western Reserve University medical students’ research at the Irwin. H. Lepow Medical Student Research Day Thursday, Aug. 18 from 10 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. in the Iris S. and Bert L. Wolstein Research Building. Students enrolled in MD, MD/MS, MD/MA, MD/MPH and MD/PhD programs at…
August 11, 2016
Findings confirmed in patient biopsies and laboratory models A team of Case Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers has uncovered one way certain tumors resist vital medication. In the study published in Oncotarget (Merry CR. Oncotarget. 2016 Jul 16), the researchers studied tumor biopsies…
August 08, 2016
The body’s most common amino acid just may provide a path to slow the growth of certain colon cancers. Researchers at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine led an international team in demonstrating that depriving certain kinds of colorectal cancer cells of glutamine suppresses the ability…