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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…
Staff member Brinn Omabegho earns staff development award
Brinn Omabegho, department manager for the Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, is the recipient of the Joan Harris Staff Development Award for 2012-2013. The School of Medicine annually awards this honor to a non-faculty employee who demonstrates excellence in job performance,…
New Approach to Protecting Prion Protein from Altering Shape, Becoming Infectious
CLEVELAND – July 18, 2013 – A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified a mechanism that can prevent the normal prion protein from changing its molecular shape into the abnormal form responsible for neurodegenerative diseases. This finding,…
CTSC looks forward to future after Institute of Medicine’s recommendations
When Congressional leaders asked the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to assess the effectiveness and impact of the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program, grant recipients across the country waited anxiously to see if the evaluation would find value in the innovative approach…