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In the heat of competition, women value winning more than men. Women also bid more in auctions than men—but only when competing against other women. Against men, women bid about the same as men competing against each other. These discoveries, drawn from a new study co-written by an economist at…

Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have led an international effort to identify three genetic associations that influence susceptibility to primary open angle glaucoma — the most common form of adult onset…

The peripheral nervous system is a vast network of nerves that exists primarily outside of brain and spinal cord and connects to the far reaches of the body. The very expanse of peripheral nerves makes them highly vulnerable to injuries such as blunt-force blows, cuts, and leg and arm fractures, as…

A five-center national study led by Neal Meropol, MD, and a team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Case Medical Center demonstrated that a little information goes a long way in encouraging cancer patients to enroll in clinical trials, a…

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have created the first complete model to describe the role that serotonin plays in brain development and structure. Serotonin, also called 5-hydroxytryptamine [5-HT], is an important neuromodulator of brain development and the…

CLEVELAND – December 14, 2015 – In one of the latest examples of precision medicine, teams of geneticists from nine countries, involving more than 100 scientists, analyzed the genes of more than 33,000 individuals in the hope of finding genetic variations responsible for age-related macular…

When a blunt-force blow injures the spinal cord, the body’s immune system can be both friend and foe. Sensing the injury, the immune system dispatches an inflammatory response composed of specialized cells called macrophages to dispose of dead tissue. However, together with the debris and blood…

When Jackson T. Wright Jr. MD, PhD, began practicing medicine in the 1980’s, physicians knew that the risks of high blood pressure were greater in African Americans compared to Caucasians. But what was not known was the dramatic difference in effective prevention and treatment strategies between…

Hearing is made possible when hair bundles protruding from the tops of hair cells capture the energy of sound waves, converting them into electrical signals that stimulate the auditory nerve to the brain. These hair bundles are made up of individual hair-like projections, or stereocilia, which sway…

CWRU Weatherhead School of Management Economics Professor Susan Helper has key role in collaborative national research Weatherhead School of Management Economics Professor Susan Helper will play a lead role on a team that began developing the research the past two years, while Helper was on…