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CWRU researchers seek to revolutionize scholarly medical publishing with new journal
A new online, open access journal created by Case Western Reserve University researchers is challenging established methods in biomedical research publications. According to its editors, Pathogens and Immunity is designed to streamline the current research publication process, which is a…
Newly discovered reptile fossils offer clues about elevation history of Andes Mountains, climate change
This piece of tortoise shell and other fossils found near Quebrada Honda suggest the high plain was less than a kilometer above sea level 13 million years ago. On an arid plateau in the Andes Mountains of southern Bolivia, a Case Western Reserve University researcher flagged what turned out to be…
Microbiome of infants may play a major role in the development of adult diseases
CWRU faculty organize special issue of Embryo Today dedicated to microbiome Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine organized a special issue of Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today dedicated to the microbiome and the role it plays in embryo development as well as…
Plain Dealer Opinion Piece: Cleveland's Place in the Cancer Moonshot
I recently wrote an opinion piece on "Cleveland's Place in the Cancer Moonshot" that was published in the Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com. While I hope you will read the piece in its entirety, I want to call your attention to one particular section: "The moonshot can also help us in the cancer…
Stanton Gerson pens op-ed on Cleveland’s role in the fight against cancer
Stanton Gerson, Distinguished University Professor and director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, penned an op-ed in The Plain Dealer Jan. 27. In his piece, Gerson reflected on recent advances in fighting cancer, led by Vice President Joe Biden, whose adult son recently died after a…
Powerful protein promotes post-injury regeneration, growth of injured peripheral nerves
Case Western Reserve scientists demonstrate CCL2 activates healing inflammatory immune responses and gene expression The peripheral nervous system is a vast network of nerves that exists primarily outside of brain and spinal cord and connects to the far reaches of the body. The very expanse of…
Three Case Western Reserve Faculty Members Receive Funding For Emerging Technologies Aimed At Blood, Lung Disorders
Three Case Western Reserve University faculty members have received funding to further develop emerging technologies aimed at malaria, cystic fibrosis, and sickle cell anemia. The funding is provided by the National Center for Accelerated Innovation, established by Case Western Reserve University,…
Get information about health sciences graduate programs at Jan. 29 fair
Are you an undergraduate student interested in furthering your career at Case Western Reserve as a graduate or professional student in the health sciences? If so, make sure to attend the Health Sciences Graduate Fair Friday, Jan. 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University…
Age-Related Response to the Hepatitis B Vaccine Linked to Inflammation
Cleveland, OH – January 20, 2016 – Physicians have known for years that patients respond differently to vaccines as they age. There may soon be a new way to predict and enhance the effectiveness of vaccinations, in particular the hepatitis B vaccine. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University…
Leadership Changes
 Associate Director for Shared Resources As of the New Year, James Jacobberger, PhD has retired from his position as Associate Director for Shared Resources of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, a position he has held since 2002. He will remain active in the Cancer Center, as Emeritus Professor…