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A promising study out in the Journal of Neurosciences showed that in a mouse model of Rett syndrome, researchers were able to reverse abnormalities in brain activity and improve neurological function by treating the animals with an FDA-approved anesthesia drug, ketamine. Rett syndrome is among the…

CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve School of Medicine announces a $1.5 million commitment from alumnus Michael D. Eppig, MD, and his wife Ruth Eppig. The Eppigs’ gift will help fund a new medical education and research building that will serve as the School of Medicine’s headquarters. Dean Pamela B.…

A new study published in a special issue of Substance Abuse finds that recovering alcoholics who help others in 12-step programs have better outcomes in terms of their time sober, consideration for others and long-term meeting attendance. These novel findings are from a 10-year, prospective…

Ben W. Strowbridge, professor of neurosciences and physiology/biophysics and Robert A. Hyde, a fourth-year MD/PhD student in the neurosciences graduate program at ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine, have discovered how to store diverse forms of artificial short-term memories in…

CLEVELAND - Leaders of the Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation and Cleveland Foundation today announced that each organization has committed $10 million to launch ÃÛÌÒAPP’s campaign for a new medical education and research building. The grants represent the largest single…

CLEVELAND - Armed with a new $1.8 million grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, dermatology researcher Nicole Ward, PhD, assistant professor of dermatology and neurosciences at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, will lead a study examining the…

Some of the body’s own genetic material, known as small interfering RNA (siRNA), can be packaged and then unleashed as a precise and persistent technology to guide cell behavior, researchers at ÃÛÌÒAPP report in the current issue of the journal, Acta Biomaterialia. The…

CLEVELAND - Menachem Shoham, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry at ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine, has discovered novel antivirulence drugs that, without killing the bacteria, render Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) and Streptococcus pyogenes, commonly…

CLEVELAND - A new study published in a special issue of Substance Abuse finds that recovering alcoholics who help others in 12-step programs furthers their time sober, consideration for others, step-work, and long-term meeting attendance. These novel findings are from a 10-year, prospective…

A mother’s emotional health and education level during her child’s earliest years influence the child's oral health at age 14, according to a new study from ÃÛÌÒAPP’s School of Dental Medicine. Researchers started with the oral health of the teens and worked backward to age…