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7 am Saturday morning saw the 100 and 200+ mile Velosano bikers head off with the cheers of friends and leaders - I saw Brian Bolwell safely behind the roadside barrier smiling, arms raised. The day was perfect for riders - cool, with a short thunderstorm on the way in and a relaxing scenic route…
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Case Comprehensive Cancer Center director Stanton Gerson writes about Cancer Moonshot
Stanton L. Gerson, director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, wrote a guest column for The Plain Dealer about Vice President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot. His column, titled “Cleveland matters for Vice President Biden's Cancer Moonshot,” detailed how teams in Cleveland have worked with the…
Scientists Keep a Molecule from Moving Inside Nerve Cells to Prevent Cell Death
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease) is a progressive disorder that devastates motor nerve cells. People diagnosed with ALS slowly lose the ability to control muscle movement, and are ultimately unable to speak, eat, move, or breathe. The cellular mechanisms behind ALS are…
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HoloLens app named finalist for international science media awards
Just a few months after launching the first third-party app for Microsoft HoloLens, Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic are pointing to another unprecedented achievement—one that puts the two institutions amid some impressive company. HoloAnatomy, a demonstration app designed to…
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Register now for fall session of Mini Med School—medical school “for the rest of us”
Members of the campus community are invited to take part in the fall session of Mini Med School, a medical school “for the rest of us”—those not seeking a medical degree, but with an interest in health research and trends. Led by faculty experts, the five-session program begins Sept. 21 with…
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NCCN Publication: Value Access Cost of Cancer Care Delivery
Many of us are concerned with improving the cost of care in the setting of major cancer care centers, such as those at Cleveland Clinic and Seidman Cancer Center and their network sites. A publication from members of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) on the "Value Access Cost of…
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School of Medicine professor receives two Innovation Grants in pursuit of HIV cure
Part of international effort to eliminate HIV by 2020 The leader of Case Western Reserve’s AIDS research center has won two of seven grants that amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, awarded last month to support projects advancing the search for a cure for the human immunodeficiency…
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Takes a Lead Role in Cleveland’s Infant Mortality Initiative
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine will serve as a lead partner for “First Year Cleveland,” a project aimed at reducing infant mortality in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. The project, which has been awarded more than $2.9 million from the Ohio Department of Medicaid, is a…
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Drug candidate shrinks tumor when delivered by plant virus nanoparticle
Phenanthriplatin outperformed cisplatin in mouse model of triple-negative breast cancer when encapsulated into nanocarrier In a pair of firsts, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have shown that the drug candidate phenanthriplatin can be more…
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Case Western Reserve University Researchers Block Common Type of Colon Cancer Tumor in Mice
Findings lay groundwork for human clinical trial planned for August 2016 A new scientific study has identified why colorectal cancer cells depend on a specific nutrient, and a way to starve them of it. Over one million men and women are living with colorectal cancer in the United States. The…