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Case Western Reserve University researchers study how the immune system responds to COVID-19
School of Medicine awarded $2.6M; receives two of 13 grants nationally New research funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) aims to boost understanding of how the immune system responds to COVID-19, from the start of infection to recovery. Two projects totaling over $2.6 million are being…
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Clinical Leadership Transition: Mikkael Sekeres
We wish Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS much luck as he transitions to a new position at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center as chief of the Division of Hematology. Dr. Sekeres has been a long-time advocate for cancer patients and clinical research in our center. His guidance, leadership and gift for…
State-of-the-Art Immunomonitoring Program and Facility to Support Innovation in Research and Treatment of Cancer and Other Diseases
Cleveland Clinic's newly established Center for Immunotherapy & Precision Immuno-Oncology (CITI) has launched its Immunomonitoring Laboratory (IML), which will help researchers and clinicians to analyze the nature and state of immune responses of cancer patients. The IML is an institutional core…
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Barnholtz-Sloan, Ghannoum and Huang recognized as highly-cited
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center extends congratulations to Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, PhD, Mahmoud A. Ghannoum, PhD and Stanley Huang, PhD as they were each identified by Clarivate as some of the world's most influential researchers, most frequently cited by their peers over the last decade. In…
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Case Comprehensive Cancer Center creates groundbreaking partnership with Israeli institutions
When Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) Director Stan Gerson, MD agreed to take part in an exploratory trip to Israel this past March, he could not imagine the worldwide pandemic that would descend and shake up every aspect of the trip. While conferences were canceled, meetings were…
New Cancer Metabolism Shared Resource in Development
The Cancer Center will soon offer investigators isotope tracing capability through the new Cancer Metabolism Shared Resource (SR) in development. Isotope tracing analysis allows investigators to monitor pathway activities, which cannot be attained by measuring the metabolites' cellular…
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Case CCC Researchers receive NCI support to assess patient and provider perceptions of cannabis use during treatment
A team of Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) researchers were recently awarded $150,000 by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), as a supplement to the Cancer Center Support Grant, to survey cancer patients and oncology healthcare providers about the use of cannabis products during…
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New Cancer Metabolism Shared Resource in Development
The Cancer Center will soon offer investigators isotope tracing capability through the new Cancer Metabolism Shared Resource (SR) in development. Isotope tracing analysis allows investigators to monitor pathway activities, which cannot be attained by measuring the metabolites' cellular…
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CWRU and UH researchers secure $5 million in NCI funding to investigate relationships between HIV and lung cancer in East Africa
Researchers with Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UHCMC) have secured $5 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Cancer Institute (NCI) to establish an HIV-associated Malignancy Research Center…
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Gerson to serve as School of Medicine interim dean for another year
David Schwartz Photography Interim President Scott Cowen and Provost Ben Vinson III announced today that Interim Dean Stan Gerson, MD has agreed to extend his term for another year, to June 30, 2022. “We knew Stan’s deep familiarity with the medical school and its hospital partners…