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Establishing clear title allows residents stay in, improve their homes, contributing to neighborhood stability on Cleveland’s east side It’s a common problem in inner-city neighborhoods: An elderly parent dies, but the family home was never legally transferred to relatives. The result is one form...

Using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict the probability of missed appointments in a busy clinic—followed up with personal outreach to at-risk patients—improved “show rates” for patients, especially those who were Black, according to a new study led by researchers at Case Western Reserve Univer...

Food insecurity—the lack of steady access to nutritionally adequate food—during pregnancy is linked to premature births and poorer health for low-income mothers and their babies, contributing to staggering rates of infant mortality in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. To address this critical need, a ...

Even as biomedical engineer Anirban Sen Gupta refines artificial platelets to stem traumatic bleeding, he and his colleagues are seeking new uses for their synthetic solution. The latest application to show promise involves providing synthetic platelets to treat a genetic condition that prevents bl...

Case Western Reserve University neurobiologist, team advance understanding of how zebrafish use hair cells to detect movement; findings apply to human hearing, balance By discovering how zebrafish use their hair cells to detect distant movement, a team of Case Western Reserve University scientists ...

Erkki Somersalo has spent four decades working to solve a mathematical uncertainty. His quest: to perfect the flawed complex computer modeling behind real-world applications, from biomedical imaging to predicting climate change. Starting this fall, the Case Western Reserve University professor of ...

With Moderna Inc. global fellowship award, CWRU School of Medicine researchers hope to develop process that overcomes challenge of targeting diseased cells Beyond vaccines, mRNA offers immense potential to fight disease, but targeting the genetic material to specific diseased cells is challenging—r...

Case Western Reserve University law professor examines legal gray area when semi-autonomous vehicles are involved in accidents Police officers can often identify which driver is responsible for a traffic accident. But what about when a self-driving vehicle is involved? Which driver should be liab...

Since late 2018, researchers at Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and MinuteClinic at CVS locations have jointly shaped a program to enhance care for older adults at the retailer’s pharmacies nationally. Now, with a new three-year, $2.56 million grant from The...

Christine Duval investigating novel methods for separating elements for wind turbines, electric vehicles, smart phones, nuclear power Case Western Reserve University scientist Christine Duval will investigate novel and more environmentally safe methods to separate so-called “rare-earth elements” us...