Patty Zamora writes on the advancements and discoveries taking place at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
A team of scientists led by the Institute for Glial Sciences (IGS) at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine has discovered a built-in “brake” that controls when key brain cells mature. In multiple sclerosis (MS), this brake appears to stay on too long, leaving the cells unable…
Today, about 300,000 people in the United States are living with a spinal cord injury, with respiratory complications being the most common cause of illness and death, according to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
But the results of a new study, led by researchers…
Since the nation’s opioid crisis began in the 1990s, unintentional overdose deaths have claimed the lives of tens of thousands of Americans annually.
And through the years, Susan Painter has seen the heartbreak—and insufficient support for families and healthcare providers…
Genetic changes can signal evidence of disease, but pinpointing which genes and what’s changed can be difficult.
But in a study of traits that offer clues of a person’s cardiovascular health—such as lipid and glucose levels and inflammation—a team of researchers at Case Western Reserve…
