Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Agata Exner, PhD, co-leader of Case CCC's Cancer Imaging Program and Associate Director of CWRU SOM's Medical Scientist Training Program, was featured in Newswise on April 11 with postdoc Pinunta "Petch" Nittayacharn for their work using tiny bubbles to make mRNA more effective. Nittayacharn recent...

Move over, Big Apple! While Cleveland might not have Times Square, it isn't lacking in the welcome department. Electronic billboards at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport greeted Gary Schwartz, MD, even before his official first day as Case CCC director. Schwartz, who hails from New York and m...

Research originating from the lab of Quintin Pan, PhD, co-leader of Case CCC's Molecular Oncology Program, was featured last week on cleveland.com. It was reported that the two drugs on which his lab is working are likely to stop HPV from causing cancer. Pan suggests that, even if the virus can't b...

Jack Kincaid credits his time at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) as paving the way for the many successes in his scholastic career. Kincaid graduated from CWRU in 2021, earning a BA in Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism as well as an MS in Nutrition through the Integrated Graduate Studie...

In a paper published in Genes & Development, investigators identified the protein WRD5 as a promising way to turn off cancer “stemness” at a molecular level, clearing the way for treatment like chemotherapy to kill glioblastoma cells. Cancer stem cells, like regular stem cells, can inherently repair...

Case Western Reserve University has completed an exclusive license agreement with Atlanta-based RORA Biologics Inc. (RORA-Bio) for intellectual property to develop new therapies to treat HIV and certain kinds of cancer. The agreement gives RORA-Bio exclusive international rights to T-cell memory st...

A Columbia University oncologist renowned for his translational research, mentoring and leadership will become director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) this spring. Gary Schwartz, chief of the Hematology & Oncology Division at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and...

Colon cancer pioneer and neural engineering innovator join nearly 20 others from Case Western Reserve in last decade on list Case Western Reserve University researchers Sanford "Sandy" Markowitz and Dustin Tyler have been elected fellows of The National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The honor highlig...

In October, pink ribbons become a common sight as organizations promote breast cancer awareness. The goal of these efforts is to encourage those at risk of developing the disease to get mammograms in hopes of catching potential diagnoses early, when treatment is most effective. But despite efforts...

Nathan Berger has produced decades of biomedical research into cancer development and its associated risk factors. He is a nationally renowned authority on hematology and oncology and founding member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, a consortium between Case Western Reserve, University Hospi...