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Researchers Identify New Biomarker for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, the Human Form of Mad Cow Disease
CLEVELAND - Neena Singh, MD, PhD and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified the first disease-specific biomarker for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD), a universally fatal, degenerative brain disease for which there is no cure. sCJD is one of the cau...
Case Western Reserve Positions Regenerative Medicine Center for Future Growth
CLEVELAND - In a move to streamline and accelerate the research and development of new stem cell and regenerative medicine technologies, the National Center for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM) and the Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (CSCRM) at Case Western Reserve University have been ro...
New Hypothesis Explains Why Drugs Increase Risk of Heart Attacks and Strokes
CLEVELAND - New research shows that medications which have raised safety concerns over heart attack and stroke risks may not have gotten approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) if the cardiovascular effects of fluid retention had been better understood. Fluid retention may explain the i...
$3M AIDS Grant Awarded to Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve
CLEVELAND - A three-year, $3 million gift from the Richard J. Fasenmyer Foundation will fund research by a pair of Cleveland physicians into HIV and the body’s response in autoimmune diseases. The award will support the joint efforts of immunologists Leonard Calabrese, DO, of Cleveland Clinic and M...
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Regional Extension Center Reaches Out with a Sense of Urgency
CLEVELAND - Nearly $8 million of federal stimulus funds provided through the Ohio Health Information Partnership (OHIP) is already starting to help hundreds of doctors in northeast Ohio switch to electronic health records. Now, with a greater sense of urgency, the word is going out to providers who ...
Helping Others Helps Alcoholics Stay on the Road to Recovery, Case Western Reserve Research Shows
CLEVELAND - Participating in community service activities and helping others is not just good for the soul; it has a healing effect that helps alcoholics and other addicts become and stay sober, a researcher from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine reports. In a review article publis...
Case Western Reserve Receives $7.8M to Study Manic Symptoms in Children
CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $7.8 million renewal grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for the long-term study of manic symptoms in children. The grant from the NIMH, one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), funds the conti...
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Launches the National Children’s Study
CLEVELAND - Residents of Cuyahoga County, and later Lorain County, will soon have the opportunity to contribute to the establishment of a national resource for childhood growth and development. The National Children’s Study is the largest, long-term study of children’s health ever conducted in the U...
Case Western Reserve/UH Joins Nationwide HIV Vaccine Clinical Trial
CLEVELAND - The Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals AIDS Clinical Trials Unit is now screening potential participants for a nationwide HIV vaccine clinical trial (HVTN505) being conducted by the HIV Vaccine Trials Network. The HIV vaccine trial is the first of its kind in Cleveland ...
Call for Truth in Trans Fats Labeling by the FDA
CLEVELAND - Did you know that when you pick up a product promoted as trans fat free, you may still be ingesting a significant amount of this potentially harmful substance? An article by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine student Eric Brandt, published in the January/February 2011 iss...