Research Impact
May 05, 2021
Using ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to map the brains of people with Down syndrome (DS), researchers from ÃÛÌÒAPP, Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals and other institutions detected subtle differences in the structure and function of the hippocampus—a…
April 27, 2021
Researchers collaborate on genetic study of SARS-CoV-2 mutations Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, mutations of SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—have spread to the U.S. and a host of other countries worldwide. Recent studies suggest that current COVID-19 variants are up to 70%…
April 27, 2021
Novel small molecule technology reverses life-threatening opioid-induced respiratory depression without diminishing pain relief ÃÛÌÒAPP and Atelerix Life Sciences Inc., a Charlottesville, Virginia-based biotechnology company, have signed a two-year option to license a novel…
April 20, 2021
An international team of bioethicists and scientists, led by a researcher at ÃÛÌÒAPP, contends it may be justified to go beyond the standing 14-day limit that restricts how long researchers can study human embryos in a dish. Going beyond this policy limit could lead to…
April 15, 2021
One of just 12 researchers nationally chosen for biomedical study to potentially benefit children Yolanda Fortenberry Yolanda Fortenberry, an associate professor of biology at ÃÛÌÒAPP studying possible therapies for debilitating sickle cell disease, is one of just 12…
April 07, 2021
Case Western Reserve-led team among 38 from 16 countries selected to compete for $10 million prize A team led by ÃÛÌÒAPP biomedical engineer Dustin Tyler has made it a step closer to the finals in a global competition to develop an “Avatar System that will transport a…
April 06, 2021
Spread of Candida auris on skin—a source of deadly infections—can be effectively stopped, according to new ÃÛÌÒAPP research A team of researchers from ÃÛÌÒAPP has discovered a formulation of existing medicines that can significantly reduce the…
March 23, 2021
Researchers at the ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine have established the Case Center for Biomarker Structure and Integration for Sensors (BioSIS), a program to advance biosensor technologies using biophysical techniques to understand and improve sensing of markers of stress and…
March 22, 2021
Case Western Reserve’s Anirban Sen Gupta leads team to advance bioinspired nanotechnology to enhance blood clotting to stop severe traumatic bleeding A team of researchers, led by biomedical engineering professor Anirban Sen Gupta, is working toward innovating and advancing platelet-inspired…
March 19, 2021
Case Western Reserve researchers, collaborators create new class of thin film coating; innovative technology could solve major hurdles for solar energy generation Researchers at ÃÛÌÒAPP and the University of Rochester have developed a new class of optical coatings they say…