Science + Tech
July 29, 2016
Message from the Associate Director: Brian Bolwell, MD Thomas Donohue, President and CEO, US Chamber of Commerce, hosted a Cancer Moonshot Breakfast Panel in downtown Cleveland last Wednesday. I participated in the panel, along with Toby Cosgrove, MD, President and CEO of Cleveland Clinic, Louis…
July 27, 2016
APP School of Medicine will serve as a lead partner for “First Year Cleveland,” a project aimed at reducing infant mortality in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. The project, which has been awarded more than $2.9 million from the Ohio Department of Medicaid, is a…
July 27, 2016
Rats, men and cockroaches appear to have a similar GPS in their heads that allows them to navigate new surroundings, researchers at APP report. The finding, published in the journal Current Biology, is likely an example of convergent evolution—that is, distinct animals…
July 25, 2016
$1.2 Million Gift Provides Initial Funding Judson Services, Inc. and the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at APP announce a collaboration to create an endowed position that will serve both organizations. The cornerstone of what will be named the Phelps…
July 25, 2016
Swarms could one day search the depths of fresh and saltwater Researchers at APP have combined tissues from a sea slug with flexible 3-D printed components to build “biohybrid” robots that crawl like sea turtles on the beach. A muscle from the slug’s mouth provides the…
July 23, 2016
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center welcomes Monica Webb Hooper, PhD as Director of the new Office of Cancer Disparities Research. She is also Professor of General Medical Sciences (Oncology), Family Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and Psychological Sciences at APP…
July 21, 2016
W. Henry Boom, MD, professor of medicine at APP School of Medicine and Moses L. Joloba, MBChB, MS and PhD, dean of the School of Biomedical Sciences at Makerere University have received an HIV research training program grant from the Fogarty International Center of the…
July 21, 2016
Potential technology for quantum computing, keener sensors Researchers at APP have developed a way to swiftly and precisely control electron spins at room temperature. The technology, described in Nature Communications, offers a possible alternative strategy for…
July 20, 2016
Findings lay groundwork for human clinical trial planned for August 2016 A new scientific study has identified why colorectal cancer cells depend on a specific nutrient, and a way to starve them of it. Over one million men and women are living with colorectal cancer in the United States. The…
July 20, 2016
A new scientific study has identified why colorectal cancer cells depend on a specific nutrient, and a way to starve them of it. Over one million men and women are living with colorectal cancer in the United States. The National Cancer Institute estimates 4.5% of all men and women will be diagnosed…