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CWRU, Cleveland Clinic and UH launch venture to advance analysis of medical data
Renowned genetic scientist to lead collaboration to use lessons from big data to benefit individual patients, broader communities Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals announced the launch of the Institute of Computational Biology, an innovative venture…
CWRU researchers use nanotechnology to fight aggressive cancers
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have received two grants totaling nearly $1.7 million to build nanoparticles that seek and destroy metastases too small to be detected with current technologies. They are targeting aggressive cancers that persist through traditional chemotherapy and…
School of Medicine scientist wins National Institutes of Health New Innovator Award
Grant will allow exploration of new methods designed to treat cancer Derek Taylor, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has been awarded the prestigious New Innovator Award by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The…
New book chronicles latest advances in cancer gene therapy
The field of gene therapy promises to dramatically transform the treatment of disease, as well as fundamentally change the delivery of health care in the 21st century. A new book provides a comprehensive review of the field of gene-based therapeutics in an expanded third edition textbook that…
Stan Gerson’s academic achievements, collaborative nature earn him top award
In 1983, professor Nathan Berger hired Stanton Gerson, fresh out of his fellowship at University of Pennsylvania, to join the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Division of Hematology Oncology. The next year, when Gerson’s interest turned to gene therapy, he formed a research…
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center earns ”outstanding” rating, wins five-year federal grant renewal
Return to Think By Numbers, the 2012-2013 Annual Report Collaboration among Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals earns high praise from expert reviewers The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCCC) again demonstrated the compelling power of partnership in…