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CLEVELAND - ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine and AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company, today announced the first patient enrolled in a Phase 2a trial to assess the effectiveness of AZD5847, a new test drug for patients with tuberculosis (TB), including patients with HIV…

CLEVELAND - ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine announced that it will receive funding through the Achieving Healthy Growth program within the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative. This initiative was launched by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to overcome persistent…

CLEVELAND - Researchers at ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine have identified a genetic factor that prevents blockages from forming in blood vessels, a discovery that could lead to new therapies for cardiovascular diseases. The findings are described in the Nov. 19 issue of…

CLEVELAND - ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine has received a significant gift from Constance and James W. Brown of Chagrin Falls, President Barbara R. Snyder announced Thursday evening. The gift will help fund a new medical education and research building and headquarters for the…

The ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine has received a significant gift from Constance and James W. Brown of Chagrin Falls, President Barbara R. Snyder announced Thursday evening. The gift will help fund a new medical education and research building and headquarters for the School of…

CLEVELAND - The Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA), the nation’s oldest transplant association, has chosen Jonathan Lass, MD, for the 2012 R. Townley Paton Award for his work on corneal preservation and his 30-plus-year career as an ophthalmologist and medical educator. Lass is the Charles I…

Researchers at ÃÛÌÒAPP have found a way to create three-dimensional maps of the stress that circulating blood places on the developing heart in an animal model—a key to understanding triggers of heart defects. The team has begun testing the technology to uncover how…

New research shows a simple reason why even the most intelligent, complex brains can be taken by a swindler’s story—one that, upon a second look, offers clues it was false. When the brain fires up the network of neurons that allows us to empathize, it suppresses the network used for analysis, a…

CLEVELAND - Led by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Mark Chance, PhD, director of the Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics at ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine, has been awarded $4 million for work with the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS II) at…

CLEVELAND - Magnesium sulfate is given to many pregnant women to treat preterm labor and preeclampsia and was recently shown to prevent cerebral palsy; however little is known about how it works. Researchers at ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine recently discovered the mechanism by…