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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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February 03, 2014
An expert in medical curriculum development who also participated in the development of a Johns Hopkins University’s medical education building is Case Western Reserve’s new vice dean for medical education.
Patricia Thomas, a nationally recognized educator, author and physician, assumes her role at...
February 03, 2014
Pamela B. Davis, dean of the School of Medicine and the university's senior vice president for medical affairs, was elected chair-elect of the Medical Sciences section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society, is an inte...
January 31, 2014
New research from Case Western Reserve University and University of Toronto neuroscientists finds that the brains of autistic children generate more information at rest – a 42% increase on average. The study offers a scientific explanation for the most typical characteristic of autism – withdrawal i...
January 31, 2014
Pamela B. Davis, MD, PhD, dean and senior vice president for Medical Affairs at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, has been elected chair-elect of the Medical Sciences section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific socie...
January 30, 2014
New research from David Westaway, director of the Center for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases at the University of Alberta, and Jiri Safar, co-director of the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center and associate professor in the Departments of Pathology and Neurology at Case Western...
January 26, 2014
Induced pluripotent stem cell reprogramming offers potential to correct abnormal chromosomes
Geneticists from Ohio, California and Japan joined forces in a quest to correct a faulty chromosome through cellular reprogramming. Their study, published online in Nature, used stem cells to correct a defec...
January 22, 2014
AIDS researchers from Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center have received a seven-year funding award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
This award includes $12.7 million for ...
January 16, 2014
A team of researchers from the Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have identified critical complex mechanisms involved in the metastasis of deadly “triple negative” breast cancers (TNBC). These tumors are extremely difficult to treat, frequently return after remission, and...
January 16, 2014
New research from David Westaway, PhD, of the University of Alberta and Jiri Safar, MD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has uncovered a quality control mechanism in brain cells that may help keep deadly neurological diseases in check for months or years.
The findings, published i...
January 13, 2014
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have identified a microRNA biomarker that shows promise in predicting treatment response in the most common form of ovarian cancer—a breakthrough that has the potential to improve outcomes for patients with the disease.
A Case Comprehensive Cancer Cent...