Science + Tech
September 23, 2014
APP’s synchrotron facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory is on its way to becoming the No. 1 beamline facility for biology in the world by early 2016, thanks to a jumpstart grant of $4.6 million from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering…
September 18, 2014
A common Asian spice and cancer-hampering molecules show promise in slowing the progression of mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung’s lining often linked to asbestos. Scientists from APP and the Georg-Speyer-Haus in Frankfurt, Germany, demonstrate that application of…
September 03, 2014
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is no longer a fatal condition, thanks to newer medications inhibiting the retrovirus, but a puzzling phenomenon has surfaced among these patients — non-AIDS complications. Scientists at APP School of Medicine have resolved…
August 18, 2014
Case Western Reserve scientist helps lead study that will enhance insulin products and improve blood sugar control Since its landmark discovery in 1922, insulin has improved the health and extended the lives of more than 500 million people worldwide with diabetes mellitus. Yet the question of how…
August 04, 2014
Since its landmark discovery in 1922, insulin has improved the health and extended the lives of more than 500 million people worldwide with diabetes mellitus. Yet the question of how this key hormone binds to its target cells in the body’s organs has posed an enduring scientific mystery. A global…
July 30, 2014
Neighborhood Connections, the small-grants and grassroots community-building program affiliated with the Cleveland Foundation, will bring a 12-foot teepee to the WOW! Wade Oval Wednesday concert today, July 30. People will have an opportunity to share their thoughts about what makes for a healthy…
July 29, 2014
Neighborhood Connections, the small-grants and grassroots community-building program affiliated with the Cleveland Foundation, is bringing a 12-foot teepee to the WOW! Wade Oval Wednesday concert on July 30. People will have an opportunity to share their thoughts about what makes for a healthy…
July 28, 2014
Case Western Reserve scientist helps lead study that links “Dishevelled” genes to disruptions in cerebrospinal fluid flow in animal models The mysterious condition once known as “water on the brain” became just a bit less murky this week thanks to a global research group led in part by a Case…
July 24, 2014
Cuyahoga County high school students are smoking tobacco products at the same rate as adults in the county, according to new data from the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) at APP. In 2013, more than 22 percent, or one in five high school…
July 22, 2014
Researchers from Case Western Reserve and Dartmouth show the small antioxidant molecules suppress colon cancer onset Researchers from APP and Dartmouth College have shown that a class of small antioxidant molecules carries enormous promise for suppressing colon cancer…