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New book details South America’s surprising prehistoric mammals
From club-tailed armadillos as big as Volkswagen Beetles to carnivorous saber-toothed marsupials to sloths that swam in the Peruvian surf, South America boasts a world of prehistoric animals different from the rest of the continents. Readers are offered a walk through the time, called the Cenozoic…
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First systematic study of deadly, antibiotic-resistant fungus reported
Investigational drug may help combat this serious global health threat The deadly fungus, Candida auris, which has been found in hospitals, is resistant to entire classes of antimicrobial drugs, limiting treatment options for those infected. First reported in 2009, the fungus has been linked to…
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Antibiotic resistance: a burgeoning problem for kids too
New national study suggests communities are growing source of infection The adage that kids are growing up too fast these days has yet another locus of applicability. In a new, first-of-its-kind study, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found a 700-percent…
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Case Western Reserve University law students help build future for restored youth baseball league in Cleveland
From left: Mia Ulery , B-Buzz Chairman Wendell Fields and James Walsh A recently resurrected historic Cleveland youth baseball league is gaining legal and financial footing, thanks to the work of two Case Western Reserve University students. Since fall, third-year law students Mia Ulery and James…
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Case Western Reserve University research team finds radial acceleration relation holds in all common types of galaxies
The distribution of normal matter precisely determines gravitational acceleration in all common types of galaxies, a team led by Case Western Reserve University researchers reports. The team has shown this radial acceleration relation exists in nearby high-mass elliptical and low-mass spheroidal…
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CWRU researchers secure $2 million NIH grant to test portable sickle cell monitor
Device designed to personalize treatments and help patients better manage their disease Researchers at Case Western Reserve University will use a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop and test a small, portable blood-adhesion monitor for sickle cell disease…
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Gut feelings guide clinical decisions by nurse practitioners
New study counters belief that using intuition in patient care comes with years of experience or is associated with gender Intuition—often described as a “gut feeling”—factors prominently in clinical reasoning and decision-making by health care professionals. But new research from Case Western…
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Case Western Reserve University researcher discovers fish uses sneaking behavior as stealth mating strategy
Humans aren’t the only species that resort to a little subterfuge While a dominant male fish from northern Mexico mates with a female, a small fella bides his time in the offing. Suddenly, the little guy darts in ahead of Mr. Big and plants his seeds on freshly laid eggs. The behavior, which…
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Can a novel combination of treatments help eradicate HIV?
In first-ever study, School of Medicine researchers to pair monoclonal antibody with body’s own killer-cell stimulator A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher received a $2.5 million grant from Gilead Sciences, a California-based biopharmaceutical company, to see if two…
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Stanton Foundation grant expands new CWRU Law School lab dedicated to intellectual property and First Amendment issues
The Stanton Foundation awarded a $112,000 grant to Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology and the Arts to support its recently launched First Amendment and the Arts (FAA) project, a new law lab offering students curriculum and experience with the…