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Discovery led by Institute for Glial Sciences at Case Western Reserve University suggests new path to regenerative therapies for MS
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January 13, 2014
On Thursday, Jan. 16, and Friday, Jan. 17, the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics will host Sally Morton, chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Pittsburgh, as a distinguished lecturer.
Morton’s first talk will take place Jan. 16 from noon to 1 p.m. in the School of...
January 12, 2014
Geneticists from Ohio, California and Japan joined forces in a quest to correct a faulty chromosome through cellular reprogramming. Their study, published online today in Nature, used stem cells to correct a defective “ring chromosome” with a normal chromosome. Such therapy has the promise to correc...
January 10, 2014
Bashar Katirji and Robert L. Ruff, professors of neurology at the School of Medicine, co-edited the second edition of a comprehensive neuromuscular textbook with Henry Kaminski, a CWRU alumnus and former faculty member.
The text, titled Neuromuscular Disorders in Clinical Practice, is a large, two-...
January 06, 2014
Many rare disorders are caused by gene mutation, like sickle cell anemia. Yet until now the underlying genetic cause of more common conditions—for example, rheumatoid arthritis—has evaded scientists for years.
New research from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine that appears in the ...
January 03, 2014
Robert Eiben (ADL '44, MED '46), professor emeritus of pediatric neurology and local pioneer in the treatment of polio, died Saturday as a result of complications from congestive heart failure. He was 91.
Eiben worked at MetroHealth following his residency until accepting a fellowship in neurology ...
January 02, 2014
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University received a $486,000 Doris Duke Foundation award to discover how to predict when sickle cell disease patients will suffer an acute crisis and monitor the effectiveness of treatments.
For decades, scientists have known that during acute crises, patients’...
December 30, 2013
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Temple University School of Medicine have gained new insight into how classic heart drugs work—and it’s not the way they thought.
Their discovery – on the role nitric oxide (NO) plays in blocking the effect of an enzyme called GR...
December 23, 2013
Journal of Biological Chemistry “Paper of the Week” provides insight into vitamin production
A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine study in the Nov. 22 issue of Journal of Biological Chemistry explained how vitamin A is generated from beta-carotene, its dietary precursors. The discove...
December 20, 2013
Many rare disorders are caused by gene mutation, like sickle cell anemia. Yet until now the underlying genetic cause of more common conditions – for example, rheumatoid arthritis – has evaded scientists for years.
New research from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine to appear in the...
December 17, 2013
Two teams of researchers, including scientists linked to Case Western Reserve University, have announced the discovery of a new species of fossil horse from 4.4-million-year-old, fossil-rich deposits in Ethiopia.
About the size of a small zebra, Eurygnathohippus woldegabrieli—named for geologist Gi...