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Case Western Reserve researchers have developed a procedure that restores function to muscles involved in the control of breathing – even when they have been paralyzed for more than a year. The breakthrough offers hope that one day patients with severe spinal cord injuries will be able to breathe…

The Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) at ����APP School of Medicine is a key player in nearly $13.32 million in federal grants awarded to improve community health in Northeast Ohio. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) renewed the…

Faculty and clinicians among those to reflect on CFTR gene discovery 25 years ago and on current treatment advances The discovery of the cystic fibrosis (CF) gene was hailed as a trailblazing breakthrough in 1989. Now, on the 25th anniversary of the discovery of cystic fibrosis transmembrane…

The uncontrolled growth of cancer cells arises from their ability to hijack the cell’s normal growth program and checkpoints. Usually after therapy, a second cancer-signaling pathway will open after the primary one shuts down — creating an ingenious escape route for the cancer cell to survive. The…

Six Case Western Reserve scientists are part of an international team that has discovered two compounds that show promise in decreasing inflammation associated with diseases such as ulcerative colitis, arthritis and multiple sclerosis. The compounds, dubbed OD36 and OD38, specifically appear to…

����APP researchers hope to take a healthy salad up a level by growing a vaccine for an aggressive form of breast cancer in leafy greens. “In the long run, one could think about administering the vaccine either by eating the salad or making a pill from the plant tissue,”…

����APP School of Medicine Dean Pamela B. Davis, MD, PhD, and Department of Physiology and Biophysics Chair Walter Boron, MD, PhD, have won election to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM), one of the nation’s most prestigious societies for health and…

����APP, as a global health education leader, will present Ebola expert, Daniel Bausch, MD, MPH&TM, for a special lecture on the unfolding crisis. He will detail his experiences, “From the Front Lines of the Battle with Ebola,” from 2 to 3 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 16, in the…

The discovery of the cystic fibrosis (CF) gene was hailed as a trailblazing breakthrough in 1989. Now, on the 25th anniversary of the discovery of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance (CFTR) gene, more than two-dozen CF innovators and clinicians, including five on the Case Western Reserve…

For the second consecutive year, a ����APP School of Medicine researcher has landed one of the year’s much-coveted Director’s New Innovator Awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Principal investigator Rong Xu, PhD, assistant professor of medical informatics,…