Science + Tech
June 07, 2017
Researchers at ÃÛÌÒAPP are applying drug-delivery technology to agriculture to control parasitic roundworms more effectively and safely. The tiny roundworms, or nematodes, cause $157 billion in crop failures worldwide each year, other researchers estimate, largely because…
June 06, 2017
In a new study, a team of researchers from ÃÛÌÒAPP and Gebze Technical University (GTU) in Turkey used data science to determine and predict the effects of exposure to weather and other conditions on materials in solar panels. Using data science to predict the deterioration…
June 05, 2017
This weekend we welcome 36 new students seeking the master of science degree in physician assistant studies, joining our first class from last year, which is now moving into clinical rotations. The new group will receive white coats, be charged with our expectation for excellence, and sent off on a…
May 31, 2017
The National Cancer Institute recently awarded a $6 million grant to the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine to continue research on Barrett’s Esophagus, a potentially fatal condition caused by long-term acid reflux. Reflux can cause tissue lining…
May 30, 2017
It may be possible to disrupt harmful blood clots in people at risk for heart attack or stroke without increasing their risk of bleeding, according to a new study published in Nature Communications. The new research out of University Hospitals (UH) Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve…
May 25, 2017
Deep-learning network possible step toward automating biopsy slide analysis A deep-learning computer network developed through research led by ÃÛÌÒAPP was 100 percent accurate in determining whether invasive forms of breast cancer were present in whole biopsy…
May 23, 2017
Initial testing in animal models holds promise for treating Leber congenital amauroisis and other congenital visual disorders
Researchers at ÃÛÌÒAPP have developed gene-carrying nanoparticles that home in on target cells and prevent vision loss in mice with a human form of…
May 17, 2017
A diagnostic MRI followed by one of three MRI-guided biopsy strategies is a cost-effective method to detect prostate cancer, according to a new study out of ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. Researchers compared MR-guided…
May 15, 2017
Bottom Line:
Lung cancer tumors were prevented in mice by a novel small molecule that directly activates a tumor suppressor protein. Journal in Which the Study was Published:
The Journal of Clinical Investigation Author:
Goutham Narla, MD, PhD, Pardee-Gerstacker Professor in Cancer Research,…
May 15, 2017
We are picking up a lot of heavy metal these days. Mark Chance, vice dean for research, has been named a Distinguished University Professor and will receive his silver medal at the August convocation. Mark Griswold returned from the International Society for Magnetic Resonance meetings in Hawaii…