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Engineering’s Anirban Sen Gupta and Pedram Mohseni develops first-of-its-kind portable diagnostic device to assess blood clotting disorders
In a collaborative research effort, Anirban Sen Gupta, the Wallace R. Persons Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Pedram Mohseni, chair of the Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering, developed PlateChek. Funded by a collaborative grant from the U.S.…
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Graduating engineering student Lucas Romero reflects on his CWRU experience
As commencement nears at Case Western Reserve University, graduating students are taking stock of the relationships, opportunities and moments that defined their college experience. For Lucas Romero, a biomedical and electrical engineering double major from Fort Worth, Texas, those defining…
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First-ever freeze-dried artificial platelets are shelf-stable and portable—a major advance for field medicine
Patients in danger of bleeding out from trauma could be treated on site
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Restoring touch for people with paralysis
Clinical trial will compare brain, nerve and combined stimulation approaches to restore sensation after spinal cord injury
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Tiny bubbles, big breakthrough: cracking cancer’s “fortress”
Ultrasound-activated nanobubbles break down the structure that makes tumors impenetrable to treatment
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Researchers develop treatment for advanced prostate cancer that could eliminate severe side effects
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a treatment for advanced prostate cancer that could eliminate a side effect so debilitating that patients often refuse the life-saving therapy. In a study recently published in Molecular Imaging and Biology, the researchers describe…
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Scientists use synthetic platelets as ‘Trojan horse’ drug-delivery system
Research addresses major barrier to long-term success of brain-computer interfaces
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Spartan Showcase: Ibrahim Quagraine
After discovering that his social venture, Cocoa Potash, was named one of 24 startups to advance to the 2025 Hult Prize Global Accelerator program earlier this year, Ibrahim Quagraine—a PhD biomedical engineering student at Case Western Reserve University—experienced a whirlwind of emotions, from…
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Engineering’s Nrupen Pakalapati receives prestigious epilepsy research award
Nrupen Pakalapati, a researcher in Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been named among eight winners of the American Epilepsy Society’s (AES) 2025 Grass Foundation Young Investigator Award. This highly competitive award recognizes outstanding young…
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New clinical trial to test sensory prostheses for people with upper-limb loss
$9.9 million grant awarded to Case Western Reserve University researchers for neuroprostheses that restore sense of touch