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Molecular ‘brake’ in brain development could hold key to treating multiple sclerosis
Discovery led by Institute for Glial Sciences at Case Western Reserve University suggests new path to regenerative therapies for MS
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June 04, 2014
The agency charged to protect patients from dangerous drug side effects needs to be far more vigilant when it comes to medications that affect blood pressure.
Robert P. Blankfield, a clinical professor of family medicine, issued this call to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an editori...
June 03, 2014
Finding could pave way to cognitive disease therapies
Case Western Reserve University researchers discovered that a protein previously implicated in disease plays such a positive role in learning and memory that it may someday contribute to cures of cognitive impairments. The findings regarding the ...
May 30, 2014
Anant Madabhushi, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and investigators at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, including Lyndsay Harris, professor of medicine-hematology and oncology, and Hannah Gilmore, assistant professor of pathology, were awarded a one-year Clinica...
May 29, 2014
Discovery could lead to improved preventive medical care delivery processes
Recently, a study of more than 16,000 patient visits published online in the journal Pediatrics proved Cuttler’s thesis correct. The lead investigator on the research project, Cuttler succumbed to cancer late last year. Bu...
May 27, 2014
The agency charged to protect patients from dangerous drug side effects needs to be far more vigilant when it comes to medications that affect blood pressure.
Robert P. Blankfield, MD, MS, a clinical professor of family medicine, issues this call to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an...
May 22, 2014
A physiology and biophysics post-baccalaureate master’s program open house will be held for prospective students Saturday, May 31, at 10 a.m. in the School of Medicine Robbins Building, Room E-501.
The day-long open house will include a welcome, lunch at noon, tours of campus and research labs at 2...
May 16, 2014
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) will honor Neal J. Meropol, MD, as a Fellow during the May 31 Opening Session of the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago. He will be one of 12 exceptional members to earn the designation of Fellow as a result of their extraordinary volunteer service, ...
May 13, 2014
In medical school, Karen Olness wanted to specialize in nephrology. But instead of researching kidneys, Olness—a professor of pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine since 1987—has become an international leader in developmental behavioral pediatrics, infectious diseases in ...
May 08, 2014
The Office of Graduate Education in the School of Medicine announced the annual Doctoral Excellence Award winners. Eleven PhD graduates were selected to receive this outstanding research and scholarship award.
The Doctoral Excellence Awards were established to recognize PhD students throughout the ...
May 06, 2014
When Paul MacDonald, associate dean for graduate education in the School of Medicine, found out his name was being submitted for the university’s John S. Diekhoff Award for Graduate Teaching, he was surprised, but also excited.
“John S. Diekhoff was a gifted educator and an outstanding leader of gr...