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More than a half-dozen Nobel Prize winners coming to Case Western Reserve campus to mark 50 years since seminal theory began to emerge Every October, the world’s largest and most prestigious group of physicists gathers in Stockholm, Sweden, to honor those among their ranks who will join a…

Judge: Prison officials may not forcibly cut Rastafarian inmate’s dreadlocks, violating his religious freedom A team of Case Western Reserve University law students prevailed in a federal lawsuit arguing that an Ohio inmate should be allowed to keep his dreadlocks, protecting his religious…

African American infants born prematurely are at higher risk for recurrent wheezing. This condition can cause the baby discomfort and is a risk factor for developing asthma later in life. There are no widely-accepted therapies to prevent prematurity-associated wheezing. In a first-of-its-kind…

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, a nonprofit established through bipartisan congressional support in the 2014 Farm Bill, today announced five grants totaling $4.4 million for research to improve interventions designed to enhance community food systems. The FFAR awards were matched…

University Hospitals’ physicians to implement technology Case Western Reserve University and Lucid Diagnostics, a subsidiary of publicly traded New York-based medical device company PAVmed Inc. (Nasdaq: PAVM), have signed an exclusive license agreement to commercialize a technology that quickly…

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered how unusually long strands of RNA help colon cancer cells avoid death, allowing unregulated growth. Unlike other RNAs, the intriguing strands do not appear to encode proteins and are termed “long non-coding RNAs” or…

The most common heart medications may get an assist from nitric oxide circulating in the body, according to a new study out of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Researchers showed that nitric oxide may help commonly used heart drugs maximize their benefits while improving heart…

Judy Blume, John Grisham, two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward and The Simpsons creator Matt Groening headline speaker series The William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage Series, presented by the Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation and its academic partner Case Western Reserve…

Case Western Reserve University’s diagnostic imaging computers outperform human counterparts, but offer tools for better, less costly care The "deep learning" computers in Anant Madabhushi’s diagnostic imaging lab at Case Western Reserve University routinely defeat their human counterparts in…

Cleveland Metropolitan School District middle school students have been attending various “Learn to Beat Cancer” events at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine to help spark their interest in science and scientific research. The final event of the year took place this past weekend on…