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J. Alan Diehl receives the Case Medal for Excellence in Health Science Innovation
When J. Alan Diehl arrived at Case Western Reserve University in 2019, the Department of Biochemistry in the School of Medicine was at a crossroads—ready for a renewed sense of purpose and direction. Six years later, under Diehl’s leadership as chair, the department’s faculty headcount has more…
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June 17, 2014
Bortezomib (Velcade) prevents blood clot formation
Case Western Reserve University researchers discovered that an existing drug used to help cancer patients has the potential to protect thousands of others from the often-deadly impact of vascular clots. In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration…
June 13, 2014
Case Western Reserve University researchers have discovered that an existing drug used to help cancer patients has the potential to protect thousands of others from the often-deadly impact of vascular clots. In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration approved bortezomib (Velcade) to treat multiple…
June 13, 2014
The Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) at Case Western Reserve University will sponsor the Ohio Evidence-Based Public Health (EBPH) Training Course June 16-19 at Case Western Reserve. As with the first course offered last year, 35 local and state public health department…
June 10, 2014
Case Western Reserve University researchers discovered landmarks within pluripotent stem cells that guide how they develop to serve different purposes within the body. This breakthrough offers promise that scientists eventually will be able to direct stem cells in ways that prevent disease or…
June 06, 2014
James R. Rowbottom, associate professor of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine, was appointed chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He had been the interim…
June 06, 2014
Fabio Cominelli, professor of medicine and pathology, was appointed as chairperson of the National Institutes of Health Gastrointestinal Mucosal Pathobiology Study Section. His term runs from July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2016.
June 05, 2014
Case Western Reserve researchers have discovered landmarks within pluripotent stem cells that guide how they develop to serve different purposes within the body. This breakthrough offers promise that scientists eventually will be able to direct stem cells in ways that prevent disease or repair…
June 04, 2014
The Staff Advisory Council is accepting nominations for representatives through July 11. Eligibility for membership on the council is defined as all regular, full or part-time, exempt and non-exempt, non-faculty employees with at least six months of service with the university. Representatives are…
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…
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…