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Case Western Reserve University lab using digital images of chest scans from coronavirus patients from Wuhan, China, to teach its computers to triage patients Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University lab, which has become a global leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven precision…

As a seven-time Emmy Award-winning commercial broadcaster, William F. Baker helped launch such household names as Oprah Winfrey, presided over New York Public Television’s heyday as the nation’s pre-eminent producer of arts, nature, biography and public-affairs programming and helped create the…

Case Western Reserve University awarded $3.7 million to assess clinical trials at U.S. sites in wide-ranging effort to cure blood disease nationally, worldwide The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has awarded Case Western Reserve University up to $3.7 million to assess emerging…

Case Western Reserve University professors testing publicly available program that gives real-time, location-based risk assessment for transmission of novel coronavirus Public-health experts and government officials have been calling for “social distancing,” asking people to stay home and avoid…

Case Western Reserve University nurse scientist explains why hand hygiene is important for patients, not just doctors and nurses, in hospital setting A clinical researcher who has studied the lack of hygiene practices among hospital patients is urging hospitals—and those who end up there—to do…

Chosen among select class of 175 artists, writers, scholars and scientists Elina Gertsman’s fascination with medieval art began in her childhood spent in Tallinn, Estonia, a city that’s marked with its medieval past: ramparts, towers, churches, guild halls and town square that also reflect its…

A new $6 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health extends funding for the Silvio O. Conte Cleveland Digestive Diseases Research Core Center (DDRCC), a cross-institutional collaboration of digestive disease investigators. In 2015, an initial $6 million, five-year NIH grant…

Further advances hand-held blood-clotting sensor toward commercialization The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted XaTek Inc. a “Breakthrough Devices Designation” for ClotChip, an important step in advancing the company’s portable blood-clotting sensor toward commercialization. The…

Manufacturers in Akron, Cleveland and Erie (PA) to produce 5,000 shields per day An engineering team from Case Western Reserve University, Nottingham Spirk and Penn State Behrend have partnered with manufacturers in Northeast Ohio and Erie, Pennsylvania, to launch rapid production of face shields…

Lab led by researcher Blanton Tolbert partners with international scientists, seeks expanded NIH support to "target virus at molecular level" A team of scientists, including Blanton Tolbert, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at Case Western Reserve University, and his research…