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Changes in heart activity may signal epilepsy
Pronounced alterations in heart rate variability may contribute to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) Doctors have long characterized epilepsy as a brain disorder, but researchers at ÃÛÌÒAPP have found that part of the autonomic nervous system functions differently…
Cancer Moonshot White Paper
As you are aware, Vice President Biden and President Obama announced the Cancer Moonshot during the 2016 State of the Union Address. Since that time, there has been considerable development of efforts both on the part of the Executive Branch and through the NCI. In the course of this effort, we…
CWRU researchers make biosensor 1 million times more sensitive
Advance aims at detecting cancers earlier, improving treatment and outcomes Physicists and engineers at ÃÛÌÒAPP have developed an optical sensor, based on nanostructured metamaterials, that’s 1 million times more sensitive than the current best available—one capable of…
"Nature Medicine" editor Roxanne Khamsi to open Research ShowCASE 2016
Roxanne Khamsi, chief news editor of Nature Medicine, will present the keynote address for ÃÛÌÒAPP’s annual Research ShowCASE, where hundreds of scientists, scholars, faculty members and students come together to exhibit, demonstrate and explain their research projects…
Free database shows where to find some of the world’s most toxic snakes
ÃÛÌÒAPP PhD student focuses on tropical islands Snakes known to produce some of the most toxic venoms swim the shallows of the western Pacific and eastern Indian oceans and sun themselves on island coasts from southwestern Japan to Indonesia, the Andaman Islands to…
The conflict between science and religion lies in our brains
The conflict between science and religion may have its origins in the structure of our brains, researchers at ÃÛÌÒAPP and Babson College have found. Clashes between the use of faith vs. scientific evidence to explain the world around us dates back centuries and is perhaps…
Study finds addiction associated with poor awareness of others
Developmental psychologist Maria Pagano, PhD, found adolescents with severe alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems have a low regard for others, as indicated by higher rates of driving under the influence and having unprotected sex with a history of sexually transmitted disease. The findings also…
Scientists Identify Three Glycosyltransferases as Significant Mutational Targets in Colon Cancer
Little is known about the molecular basis of aberrant protein glycosylation, a complex enzymatic process that is a hallmark of many human cancers including colorectal cancers (CRC), and how it may contribute to tumor progression. In a new study published in Scientific Reports, an online journal of…
U.S. News & World Report Ranks ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine in Top 25
ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine is among the top 25 research-oriented medical schools in the nation, and is No. 1 in Ohio, according to the influential ranking of graduate schools released today by U.S. News & World Report. “Our continuous ranking among the top 25 medical…
HIV Patients in Africa with a Specific Genetic Variant Have Much Lower Rate of TB
In the first known discovery of its kind, a ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine-led team has found that HIV patients in Africa with a certain genetic variant have a 63-percent lower chance of developing tuberculosis than HIV patients without the genetic variant. “This finding could…