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Insecticide-treated bed nets critical to global elimination of filariasis
The New England Journal of Medicine study finds low-cost tool complements existing mass drug administration strategy An international team of scientists have demonstrated that a simple, low-cost intervention holds the potential to eradicate a debilitating tropical disease that threatens nearly 1.4…
Register for five-week Mini Med School, medical school ”for the rest of us”
Members of the campus community are invited to take part in the fall session of Mini Med School, from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Laura & Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program. Mini Med School is medical school “for the rest of us”—those not seeking a medical…
Psoriasis Researcher Earns Third NIH Grant in One Year
Dermatology researcher Nicole Ward, PhD, has earned her third National Institutes of Health grant in a year – including two that scored in the first percentile. With this most recent award, an R21, she will investigate the role the nervous system plays in psoriasis – an inflammatory autoimmune…
Researchers discover new designer compound that treats heart failure
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have made a fundamental discovery relevant to the understanding and treatment of heart failure, a leading cause of death worldwide. The team discovered a new molecular pathway responsible for…
New Designer Compound Treats Heart Failure by Targeting Cell Nucleus
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have made a fundamental discovery relevant to the understanding and treatment of heart failure – a leading cause of death worldwide. The team discovered a new molecular pathway responsible for…
Researchers find evolution of diverse sex-determining mechanisms in mammals
Scientists historically have argued that evolution proceeds through gradual development of traits. But how can incremental changes apply to the binary switch between two sexes, male or female? Researchers at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine have found that a genetic process…
Evolution of Diverse Sex-Determining Mechanisms in Mammals
Scientists historically have argued that evolution proceeds through gradual development of traits. But how can incremental changes apply to the binary switch between two sexes, male or female? Researchers at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine have found that a genetic process…
School of Medicine recruits new chair of ophthalmology and visual sciences
After an extensive national search, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center announced they have recruited Douglas Rhee, an accomplished glaucoma specialist, eye surgeon and researcher, to become chair of the Department of Ophthalmology…
New approach protects prion protein from altering shape, becoming infectious
Important step toward pharmacologic development of treatment for fatal brain disorders A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has identified a mechanism that can prevent the normal prion protein from changing its molecular shape into the abnormal form…
Harvard expert in glaucoma Douglas Rhee, MD, named Chair of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Case Medical Center
CLEVELAND -- After an extensive national search, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals (UH) CaseMedical Center have named Douglas Rhee, MD, an accomplished glaucoma specialist, eye surgeon and researcher, chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual…