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Case Western Reserve named among The Hartwell Foundation's Top Ten Centers of Biomedical Research Inborn errors of metabolism are rare single gene defects that involve mutations of enzyme proteins in key metabolic pathways. Many mutations are lethal to children at birth or in early childhood and…

Case Western Reserve University researchers engineer better way to insert more flexible neural implants into soft brain tissue Brain scientists face a dilemma: Conventional wire implants are rigid and can sometimes traumatize that sensitive, vital organ; but softer materials now being tested by…

Students, faculty and staff present their projects in daylong symposium The enormity of research undertaken at Case Western Reserve University, from biologically inspired robotics to augmented reality demonstrations, will cover the vast main floor of the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic…

Reflexion, Beauty and the Bolt lead Case Western Reserve contingent to Washington, D.C., consumer electronics demo before members of Congress Two of Case Western Reserve University’s most recognizable and successful student inventor-entrepreneurs will showcase their companies before members of the…

Obesity can also alter a young person’s likelihood of developing cancer later in life A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher has compiled evidence from more than 100 publications to show how obesity increases risk of 13 different cancers in young adults. The meta-analysis…

Katherine Dobbs, MD Across the world, over 200 million cases of malaria and nearly 500,000 deaths from the disease occur annually—more than 90 percent of which happen in Africa. Children in Africa can be diagnosed with malaria two or three times a year, a rate that decreases as they…

Statewide volunteer Patent Pro Bono initiative secures second patent, more on the way Securing a patent to protect an idea is time-consuming and expensive. Just ask Matthew Stephenson, who’s looking to patent his board game Battle Mound, bringing together chance and strategy—with “a measured…

Our closest biological relatives, the African apes, are the only animals that walk on their knuckles; CWRU researchers discovered why Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have cracked the evolutionary mystery of why chimpanzees and gorillas walk on their knuckles: The short explanation…

Between 3 and 8 percent of children in the United States identify as LGBTQ, according to the Williams Institute at UCLA. But for children in foster care, the number is as high as 19 percent. Children with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities are at greater risk for issues such as…

Case Western Reserve researchers reveal how anatomically distinct microcircuit brain networks suppress each other, compete and collaborate Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have found a previously unseen pattern among the rapid-firing neurons inside the brain, one that reveals how…