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Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to participate in the third Machine Learning Working Group Meeting June 22 from noon to 1 p.m. ET (virtually). Feixiong Cheng, assistant professor with the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, will present his work focusing…

The 2020 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting is taking place virtually in two parts. The AACR Virtual Annual Meeting Part I was held April 27-28 and Part II will be held June 22-24. The AACR Annual Meeting program covers the latest discoveries across the spectrum of…

In a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers led by Charis Eng, MD, PhD and Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD, FRCP determined that mutations of the WWP1 gene may also drive cancers associated with PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS) in patients without PTEN gene…

Scientists have identified binding pocket for molecules that can stabilize key braking mechanism in cancer—opening door to development of drugs that target it A team of scientists led by the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center has identified the…

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting will be held virtually in two parts this year. The Virtual Scientific Program will take place Friday, May 29 through Sunday, May 31 and the Virtual Education Program will take place August 8-10, 2020. Oral abstract, poster discussion…

The National Center for Regenerative Medicine and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center announce the appointment of Timothy Chan, MD, PhD, cancer biology and immunogenomics expert, as co-director of the National Center for Regenerative Medicine. Dr. Chan is also Chair and Founding Director of the…

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center extends congratulations to undergraduate Jack Kincaid on receiving first prize in the 2020 Michelson-Morley Research Competition in the Biological Sciences. Jack works in the lab of member Nathan Berger, MD, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute R25…

A study led by Justin D. Lathia, PhD (Bayik et al., Cancer Discovery, 2020) and conducted in collaboration with multiple Case Comprehensive Cancer Center member investigators (Ahmad M. Khalil, PhD; Tae Hyun Hwang, PhD; Manmeet S. Ahluwalia, MD and Feixiong Cheng, PhD) identified sex differences in…

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) extends congratulations to Ruth Keri, PhD, professor of pharmacology and Case CCC Associate Director for Basic Research on her recent election to the Board of Directors for the Endocrine Society. Dr. Keri will serve a three-year term for the society…

A medical device based on technology developed by three faculty members from Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UH) has won a prestigious 2020 Edison Best New Product Award. EsoCheck, a device designed to help detect precancerous changes in the…