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A new affiliation between Case Western Reserve University and The MetroHealth System aligns the university’s School of Dental Medicine with Cleveland’s public hospital system to provide a range of oral health services to the Greater Cleveland community. Additionally, expanded clinical and research o...

Case Western Reserve University researchers target tumor protein A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent being tested by researchers at Case Western Reserve University not only pinpoints breast cancers at early stages but differentiates between aggressive and slow-growing types. “Doin...

With a new $5.5 million, five-year federal grant, a Case Western Reserve University researcher is leading an international team to develop functional materials inspired by some of the most desirable substances found in nature. The bioinspired materials produced in the project will be tested in soft...

New research indicates how static electricity puts the charge in material, offering answer to centuries-old question For centuries, scientists have tried to understand triboelectric charging, commonly known as static electricity. Triboelectric charging causes toner from a photocopier or laser print...

The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, bolstered by a grant from the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation, has launched a pilot program to help address what program director Marilyn “Lynn” Lotas called a “crisis of lead exposure among Cleveland’s children.”...

With geographic barriers limiting treatment options for many people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a Case Western Reserve University researcher will use a new $4.9 million award to test online- and teleconference-based adaptations of methods that reduce fatigue and improve quality of life when delive...

Mixed-income housing communities were supposed to remedy the severe decline in the quality of public housing in the latter part of the 20th century, where families living in poverty were rarely—if ever—able to escape their dire economic situations. But a body of research by Mark Joseph, the Leona B...

After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans a dozen years ago, there was a sharp and immediate drop in personal debt among residents living in city’s most flooded blocks, according to a new Case Western Reserve University study. Yet, the main driver of this debt reduction—using flood insurance t...

RVS Rubber Solutions, a startup company co-founded by Case Western Reserve University student Pavel Galchenko, is among just 36 finalists chosen from around the world to compete in Singapore this week in an international business competition. “I still can’t believe it,” said Galchenko, a junior bio...

Agreement provides in-hospital legal guidance to patients and caregivers; experiential learning for law students Case Western Reserve University School of Law and University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital (UH Rainbow) have formed a Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) to guide families an...