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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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Molecular ‘brake’ in brain development could hold key to treating multiple sclerosis
Discovery led by Institute for Glial Sciences at Case Western Reserve University suggests new path to regenerative therapies for MS
Recent News

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January 28, 2022
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Professor Neil Greenspan has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers for their “scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or ...

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January 28, 2022
A commentary appeared in the CWRU-based scientific journal Pathogens and Immunity on Dec. 29, asking: “Is France Once Again Looking for a Scapegoat?”
Authored by an international panel of 20 distinguished scientists and organized by editor Michael Lederman, emeritus professor of pathology at CWRU, ...

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January 28, 2022
The School of Medicine’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Excellence will host the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month Keynote Lecture Thursday, Feb. 10, at 4:30 p.m.
Dexter Voisin, dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, will present “...

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January 27, 2022
Case Western Reserve University and Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc. have signed an exclusive license agreement to advance and commercialize a therapeutic approach discovered by university medical researchers to treat Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD).
PMD is a rare childhood degenerative disorder of th...

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January 26, 2022
A new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine finds those who received the Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccine are less likely to experience “breakthrough” COVID-19 cases, compared to recipients of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine.
A vaccine breakthrough infection occur...

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January 26, 2022
President Eric W. Kaler and Provost Ben Vinson III invite members of the Case Western Reserve University community to attend the 2022 Think Showcase. This virtual event will feature new research and discoveries in the field of healthcare and will begin on Feb. 1.
Think Showcase, now in its second y...

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January 26, 2022
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join the School of Medicine’s Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences for a virtual information session on the MS in Biostatistics program.
Program Director Mendel Singer will give a presentation and lead a Q&...

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January 21, 2022
Work by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers was published earlier this month in Nature Communications. Derek P Wong, a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, is first author of the article and Reshmi Parameswaran, assistant professor of pathology, is the corres...

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January 20, 2022
Join representatives from the School of Medicine’s Master of Public Health program for a student experience webinar and Q&A session Tuesday, Jan. 25, from 4 to 5 p.m.
Register for the event....

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January 18, 2022
Interested in pursuing an MS in clinical research? Join the School of Medicine for a presentation and Q&A session with Program Director Jim Spilsbury as he discusses the options with this degree.
The information session will be held Thursday, Jan. 20, at 7:30 p.m. (EST) via Zoom. Register to attend...