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New gut-brain discovery offers hope for treating ALS and dementia
Breakthrough study identifies harmful bacterial sugar as potential therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases
Recent News
January 20, 2026
What is your title? Assistant Director of Enrollment Management and Strategic Initiatives, APP School of Medicine How long have you worked at CWRU? Just over two years! I celebrated my anniversary on Nov. 6. What does a typical day in your role look…
January 15, 2026
Breakthrough study could lead to restoring healthy brain function
January 13, 2026
For most, an eight-year academic journey sounds like a marathon. For Kayla Klatt, a fourth-year MD/PhD student at APP, it’s an opportunity to reshape the future of cancer care. Originally from Bergen County, New Jersey, and a graduate of Johns Hopkins University,…
January 09, 2026
Christina Farr Zuend, PhD, assistant professor at the APP Department of Pathology and member of the Center for Global Health and Diseases, was recently named an American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Rescuing Research grant recipient. As a recipient, she…
January 09, 2026
For millions, a dementia diagnosis comes with preconceived notions of fear, loss and burden—stigmas written by decades of media and cultural depictions that APP researchers are determined to rewrite in a recently published special issue of The Hastings Center…
January 07, 2026
Researchers at APP have developed a treatment for advanced prostate cancer that could eliminate a side effect so debilitating that patients often refuse the life-saving therapy. In a study recently published in Molecular Imaging and Biology, the researchers describe…
December 23, 2025
New study from University Hospitals and APP published in 'Science Signaling'
December 23, 2025
Researchers from APP, University Hospitals and the Cleveland VA showed restoring brain’s energy balance led to both pathological and functional recovery
December 23, 2025
A lot happens at APP in a single calendar year. We wish graduates “good luck” in May as they take the next steps in their lives and months later, welcome new students as they begin their college journeys in August and greet alumni when they return for homecoming. But,…
December 19, 2025
Journalists routinely turn to APP faculty first. Whether it’s breaking news or subject-matter analysis, reporters look to CWRU to help make sense of the stories shaping our world. Perhaps more importantly, our researchers often drive the headlines in the media with their…