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Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine have discovered how a common oral bacterium can contribute to colorectal cancer—a finding that opens promising new research avenues for the development of approaches to prevent and treat the disease. “We found this cancer is...

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 secu...

The Prevention Research Center for Health Neighborhoods at Case Western Reserve University will continue its seminar series with a presentation by Siran Koroukian, associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics. Koroukian, also director of the Clinical and Translational Science Center’s Popul...

Portable, inexpensive diagnosis to enable more effective treatment A group of researchers from Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science are lining a vest with ultrasound sensors, signal processing electronics and other high-tech gear. Their goal is ...

Some prostate cancer patients unnecessarily undergo surgery or harsh treatments because science fails to identify the differences between slow-growing and aggressive forms of the disease. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine are developing te...

A common cancer pathway causing tumor growth is being targeted by a number of new cancer drugs and shows promising results. A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has developed a novel method to disrupt this growth-signaling pathway, with findings that suggest a ...

On April 7, the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics (CCIPD) team won first place in the National Cancer Institute-sponsored Grand Challenge on Segmentation of Prostatic Structures from MRI. The first-place Case Western Reserve University team was represented by graduate st...

When people hear the term “cancer research,” they might think cures, genes or even prevention. Mary Step’s studies take a different route. As an assistant professor of family medicine and community health, she studies the communication between cancer patients and their physicians. And as the honora...

Crews will begin to erect chain link fencing around the future home of the Tinkham Veale University Center today as they prepare to launch construction on the $50 million project later this summer. The 82,000-square-foot structure will be located just northwest of the university’s Kelvin Smith Libra...

Ellen Landau, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities in the Department of Art History and Art, recently presented her paper, titled “Effacing the Scottsboro Boys: Censorship as Discourse.” Landau’s presentation occurred at an international conference on Art and Social Justice at Ben-Gurio...