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In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, it became abundantly clear to Jennifer King that most people didn’t have the basic knowledge to help them mentally cope with the related stress. “I realized that what I know and understand about trauma, stress and healing was super relevant to all of us...

Results suggest this highly vulnerable population could be significantly better protected The pandemic has hit nursing home residents especially hard, with a disproportionately large share of COVID-19 infection and mortality rates in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control a...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve, University of Washington working to gain novel view of cancer, supported by $3.1 million National Institutes of Health grant Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and the University of Washington expect to gain valuable new insights into highly aggressi...

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher leading development of drug to suppress autoimmunity leading to type 1 diabetes; supported by JDRF A research team led by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine scientist Parameswaran Ramakrishnan is developing a drug to redu...

A Case Western Reserve University research team will lead an effort to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) and sensing to improve materials and processing in manufacturing, part of a long-term, federally funded strategy to strengthen U.S. innovation and industrial productivity. The U.S. Departme...

Case Western Reserve University religious studies professor, author Timothy Beal’s new book offers ‘palliative hope’ amid climate crisis threatening human extinction Author and Case Western Reserve University religious studies professor Timothy Beal offers humanity a bit of advice amid what many se...

New research finds a signaling pathway involving neurons responsible for how we understand thermal pain The world has changed since 1664, when French philosopher and scientist Rene Descartes first claimed the brain was responsible for the sensation of pain. However, a key question remains: How exa...

Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals research team publishes new findings in Nature Cancer A drug used to target IDH1 mutations in select cancers also appears to inhibit the wild-type form of the enzyme, under certain conditions. This feature explains why a large group of differ...

Breakthrough COVID-19 cases resulting in infections, hospitalizations and deaths are significantly more likely in cancer and Alzheimer’s patients, according to two new studies from researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. People with these diseases are often more susceptib...

One of the most common causes of disability or death in newborns is a lack of oxygen or blood flow in the brain during labor or delivery. The condition, known as hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), can result in severe brain damage, which is why researchers at Case Western Reserve University Sch...