Research Impact
November 25, 2019
Findings may lead to clues for possible treatments for autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia Researchers at the APP School of
Medicine have identified that a gene critical to clearing up unnecessary
proteins plays a role in brain development and contributes to the…
November 25, 2019
In partnership with Cuyahoga County, researchers and court officials will establish new docket to address high-risk cases According to the Centers for Disease Control, one in four women and one in seven men in the United States will experience domestic violence in their lifetime. The numbers in…
November 13, 2019
Much less invasive than current dependence on examining cerebrospinal fluid Wenquan Zou, an expert in degenerative neurological diseases, along with collaborators Shu G. Chen, also from the APP School of Medicine, Jiyan Ma, from Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids,…
November 13, 2019
A
five-year, $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to Case
Western Reserve University will support students training to help children with
developmental and educational needs. “Many children need extra help in their educational journey. Teachers cannot do it alone,” said…
November 12, 2019
Case Western Reserve researchers awarded nearly $1 million in federal grants to continue work on unsolved sexual assaults cases Researchers at APP have been
awarded nearly $1 million in federal grants to continue analyzing rape kits to
help solve thousands of sexual…
November 07, 2019
Researchers used Microsoft HoloLens to visualize, access pathways in human brain; project by Case Western Reserve’s Interactive Commons, School of Medicine, others A team of researchers, led by APP scientists and technicians using the Microsoft HoloLens mixed reality…
October 29, 2019
Case Western Reserve digital-imaging lab advances understanding of which ‘stage 0’ patients are most likely to progress to advanced cancer and may benefit from additional therapy New research at APP could help better determine which patients diagnosed with the…
October 25, 2019
Actress Meryl Streep narrates narwhal demo from APP’s Interactive Commons; debuts Saturday at Smithsonian Museum of Natural History The narwhal and its signature tusk are about to get the Microsoft HoloLens mixed-reality treatment, and one of the world’s foremost…
October 16, 2019
U.S. Department of Defense awards $800,000 to Case Western Reserve for spinal cord injury research People
who live with spinal injuries often say that the first year of recovery is the
toughest—not only for them, but their caregivers as well. But
researchers and the people struggling with the…
October 10, 2019
Participant in Youth Engaged in Science, a National Cancer Institute-funded program at Case Western Reserve Connor Harris, a science-minded teenager from Hudson, Ohio, wants
to know why African-Americans die from colorectal cancer at a higher rate than
other racial groups. His curiosity, fueled…