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Preventing a COVID-19 pandemic—in wildlife
Martin Nweeia of ÃÛÌÒAPP forms international research team to study coronavirus susceptibility of arctic whale While most of the global effort to contain COVID-19 focuses on its continuing human cost, a team of researchers has formed to focus on protecting the next…
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Understanding the ‘deep-carbon cycle’
Case Western Reserve, collaborators study carbonate melts dispersed in the Earth’s mantle; findings could illuminate long-term carbon exchanges New geologic findings about the makeup of the Earth’s mantle are helping scientists better understand long-term climate stability and even how seismic…
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U.S. Army commits up to $11 million for polymer research
Case Western Reserve and Polymer Plus partner with Army research lab to develop manufacturing approaches for cost-effective production of lightweight, high-performance polymeric materials ÃÛÌÒAPP researchers teamed up with the U.S. Army and a trio of industry partners to…
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ÃÛÌÒAPP researchers to examine how COVID-19 ravaged America’s nursing homes
School of Medicine awarded $2.3 million to study epidemiology, transmission and immunology of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities Almost from the moment COVID-19 reached this nation’s shores, nursing homes have experienced some of its most devastating effects. Within a few months, federal…
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CWRU achieves global first in mixed-reality education during COVID-19 pandemic
Student survey responses overwhelmingly support first remote-only HoloAnatomy course The developers of ÃÛÌÒAPP’s signature HoloAnatomy mixed-reality software for the Microsoft HoloLens knew they were likely achieving a global first this spring as they quickly pivoted to…
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Interdisciplinary team wins grant to speed oral cancer testing
National Institutes of Health awards $420,000 to multidisciplinary team from ÃÛÌÒAPP developing device for instantly detecting oral cancer Mouth lesions are among the main early indicators of oral cancer, but determining whether a sore is actually malignant typically…
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NIH funds research into differences in glioblastoma between males and females
Research consortium led by Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute and ÃÛÌÒAPP A team led by researchers from ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute has secured $10.4 million over five years from the National…
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Protecting genomic privacy
Case Western Reserve computer and data sciences researcher improving privacy for global genomic data sharing network, supported by $1.2 million NIH grant A ÃÛÌÒAPP computer and data sciences researcher is working to shore up privacy protections for people whose genomic…
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Fighting breast cancer with nanotech, immunotherapy 
ÃÛÌÒAPP researcher takes aim at hard-to-treat metastatic cancers by using new method to unlock ‘cold tumors’ for successful treatment A team of scientists led by aresearcher at the ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine is making strides to fight deadly…
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Powerful push to use AI for cancer immunotherapy
ÃÛÌÒAPP works with NYU and pharmaceutical companies Bristol Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca to validate imaging-based solutions for predicting response to therapy for lung cancer patients For artificial intelligence (AI) tools being developed at ÃÛÌÒAPP to…