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From driving cutting-edge research to bringing medical innovations to market, landing competitive awards and more, the faculty, staff and students at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine know how to make headlines.
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Cleveland research team identifies key driver of age-related cognitive decline
Researchers from University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland VA published preclinical results in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Recent News
December 08, 2014
Thirty years of performances to benefit the Cleveland community? That's something to sing about. This weekend, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine will present the 30th annual Doc Opera, a student-run variety show composed of musical…
December 04, 2014
Case Western Reserve scientists developed a new chemical compound that shows extraordinary promise in restoring function lost to spinal cord injury. The compound, which the researchers dubbed intracellular sigma peptide (ISP), allowed paralyzed muscles to activate in more than 80 percent of the…
December 03, 2014
Case Western Reserve scientists have developed a new chemical compound that shows extraordinary promise in restoring function lost to spinal cord injury. The compound, which the researchers dubbed intracellular sigma peptide (ISP), allowed paralyzed muscles to activate in more than 80 percent of…
November 25, 2014
State-of-the-art unified campus will allow students to learn team-based health care together Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic are expanding their health education collaboration to include dental and nursing students on the campus already planned for the institutions’ medical…
November 19, 2014
Case Western Reserve researchers have identified a protein mutation that alters specific gender-related tissue in males before birth and can contribute to the development of cancer as well as other less life-threatening challenges. The discovery marks the latest in a series of findings related to…
November 19, 2014
Case Western Reserve University malaria specialist Brian T. Grimberg is among Foreign Policy magazine’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2014, who were honored earlier this week in Washington, D.C. Grimberg, of the Center for Global Health and Diseases at the School of Medicine, received the honor…
November 17, 2014
Case Western Reserve malaria specialist Brian T. Grimberg, PhD, is among Foreign Policy magazine’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2014 being honored this evening in Washington, DC. Grimberg of the Center for Global Health and Diseases at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine will…
November 11, 2014
Medical school’s Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods wins grant renewal; government and nonprofits secure awards to promote healthy eating and exercise in select neighborhoods
The Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) at Case Western Reserve University School…
November 06, 2014
Case Western Reserve scientists lead study documenting that two approved FDA drugs disrupt signaling that drives breast tumor growth The uncontrolled growth of cancer cells arises from their ability to hijack the cell’s normal growth program and checkpoints. Usually after therapy, a…
November 05, 2014
Six Case Western Reserve scientists are part of an international team that discovered two compounds that show promise in decreasing inflammation associated with diseases such as ulcerative colitis, arthritis and multiple sclerosis. The compounds, dubbed OD36 and OD38, specifically appear to…