Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

When J. Alan Diehl arrived at Case Western Reserve University in 2019, the Department of Biochemistry in the School of Medicine was at a crossroads—ready for a renewed sense of purpose and direction. Six years later, under Diehl’s leadership as chair, the department’s faculty headcount has more…

Case Western Reserve University researchers reveal cell development role for two ‘epigenetic’ markers, opening door for new treatment for leukemia

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC), designated a comprehensive consortium cancer center by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health, has received a $25.5 million Cancer Center Support Grant from NCI. The renewal marks 38 years of continuous NCI funding,…

Continuing an esteemed family legacy of cancer science is no small feat—but Gary Schwartz, MD, carries on with aplomb. Case CCC's Director for two years, three months, and seven days (but who's counting), he was appointed the inaugural Peter and Laurie Weinberger Professorship in Cancer Research…

Educating the next generation of cancer researchers

Community-based prostate-cancer screening program teams up with barbershops Waverly Willis was out shopping with his daughter one day when he was blindsided—by a hug. A big, tearful, holding-on-for-dear-life hug, the kind that's usually reserved for long-distance airport arrivals and the…

A team of CWRU researchers penned an article titled “Fitness Seascapes are Necessary for Realistic Modeling of the Evolutionary Response to Drug Therapy,” which was recently published in Science Advances. Led by Eshan King, a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program at the School of…

New lymphoma T-cell therapy, made in less than a day, shows promising results with fewer side effects

Case Western Reserve University researchers combat deadly cancer with therapeutic vaccines

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