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New drug stimulates tissue regeneration, catalyzing faster regrowth and healing of damaged tissues
Research focuses on select tissues injured through disease, surgery and transplants, but early findings indicate potential for broad applications The concept sounds like the stuff of science fiction: take a pill, and suddenly new tissues grow to replace damaged ones. Researchers at Case Western…
Department of Defense awards School of Medicine’s Kath Bogie grant to work on spinal cord injuries
The Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program awarded Kath Bogie, adjunct assistant professor of orthopaedics, a $561,850 grant. Bogie, who is a principal investigator with the Advanced Platform Technology Center of Excellence at the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans…
National Eye Institute awards CWRU up to $3.3 million to develop two-photon ophthalmoscope
Instrument’s super-magnification of retina would enhance early detection of eye disease and could accelerate developing new eye therapies Krzysztof Palczewski Imagine an instrument that peers deep inside the eye and sees how well the retina’s cells function. Such advanced technology would…
siRNA-toting nanoparticles inhibit breast cancer metastasis
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University combined finely crafted nanoparticles with one of nature’s potent disrupters to prevent the spread of triple-negative breast cancer in mouse models. The highly aggressive cancer subtype is difficult to manage and the FDA has no approved targeted…
KeyBank grants $2 million to Cleveland medical schools for integrated learning model
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and CWRU School of Medicine to expand minority fellowship and interprofessional education The KeyBank Foundation announced a grant of $2 million to Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University, which will support a combined effort to enhance and…
Two students selected as Fulbright Scholars for 2015-16
Two Case Western Reserve University students will spend the next year abroad as recipients of Fulbright Scholarships. Michael Bane, a fifth-year PhD candidate in music, is the third Fulbright Scholar from the music department in the last three years; he’ll study French musical history in Paris.…
National Eye Institute awards Case Western Reserve up to $3.3 million to develop two-photon ophthalmoscope
Imagine an instrument that peers deep inside the eye and sees how well the retina’s cells function. Such advanced technology would provide unprecedented options for early detection of disease – not only of the eye, but other organs as well. Case Western Reserve Professor Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD,…
Malaria-detection device developed by CWRU researchers selected for federal Patents for Humanity award
Only university awarded in national competition Brian Grimberg, lead researcher and assistant professor of international health While the industrialized world has been free of malaria for 50 years, the disease remains a major humanitarian issue that affects the health and quality of life of…
Attend Women Faculty of the School of Medicine spring dinner May 19
The Women Faculty of the School of Medicine will hold its Spring Dinner on Tuesday, May 19, at 5:30 p.m. in the Allen Memorial Library. Francine Kaufman, chief medical officer and vice president of global diabetes for Medtronic Inc., will be the guest speaker at the event. Kaufman is also…
Breakthrough provides new hope for more effective treatments for patients with HER2+ breast cancer
Scientists identify key genes and molecules that spur aggressive activity Ahmad Khalil Ahmad M. Khalil knew the odds were against him—as in thousands upon thousands to one. Yet he and his team never wavered from their quest to identify the parts of the body responsible for revving up one of the…