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CLEVELAND – Groundbreaking research encompassing Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, has uncovered a natural defense mechanism that is capable of inactivating the toxin that spreads Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, an increasingly common...

CLEVELAND - Research published in the August issue of the American EconomicReview finds that small businesses have been overpaying for health insurance. The collaborative research paper "Unhealthy Insurance Markets: Search Frictions and the Cost and Quality of Health Insurance" highlights difficulti...

In Paris in the early 1900s, a stage-to-street drama was unfolding as leading fashion designers took style cues from the ballet and translated them into haute couture. In turn, the ballet took its cues from what women of that time wore in their daily lives. Mary E. Davis, professor and chair of Cas...

This fall should have CWRU sports fans excited, with Cleveland Browns games picking up (check their second preseason game tonight on WKYC Channel 3) and the Indians announcing their postseason ticketing plans for you to potentially catch their shot at playoff glory. This bodes well for the Clevelan...

CLEVELAND—The National Center for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM) at Case Western Reserve University is proud to present "MSC 2011: Innovations in Cell-Based Regenerative Therapies," a three-day forum to highlight transformative breakthroughs in the area of adult stem cell medicine with a focus on how ...

Shooting deaths in Cleveland stall, but gun violence still takes a toll The Plain Dealer: The pace of shooting deaths in the area has stalled, and many illegal guns have been confiscated, but there are still hordes of cheap, illegal guns on the streets, especially those carried by teenagers. Daniel...

CLEVELAND - Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine bridged a spinal cord injury and biologically regenerated lost nerve connections to the diaphragm, restoring breathing in an adult rodent model of spinal cord injury. The work, which restored 80 to more than 100 percent of...

CLEVELAND - Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a long-sought cellular factor that works to inhibit HIV infection of myeloid cells, a subset of white blood cells that display antigens and hence are important for the body’s immune response against viruses...

CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestives and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to study intestinal inflammation. The five-year grant from the institute, which is part of the National Institutes of H...

CLEVELAND - Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a genetic factor that can regulate obesity-induced inflammation that contributes to chronic health problems. If they learn to control levels of the factor in defense cells called macrophages, "We have a sh...