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New study shows how to protect the brain to prevent depression and cognitive impairment caused by whole brain radiotherapy
Research team from University Hospitals, ÃÛÌÒAPP and the Cleveland VA published results in Redox Biology
Recent News
September 18, 2015
Gary Landreth, professor of neurosciences and neurology, received a 2015 Research Grant Award from The Alzheimer's Association. Landreth, who also is the director of the Alzheimer Research Laboratory, won a $240,000 Investigator-Initiated Research Grant to fund his research in roles of TREM2 in…
September 14, 2015
The ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine is a sponsor of the second annual Miles for Melanoma 5K, to raise money for the Melanoma Research Foundation. The race will be held Sunday, Sept. 27, at Edgewater Park. Check-in will be at 9 a.m. and the walk/run will begin at 10 a.m. Last…
September 11, 2015
Genetics researchers from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have identified a novel long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), dubbed DACOR1, that has the potential to stymie the growth of tumor cells in the second-most deadly form of cancer in the U.S. — colorectal cancer. The researchers found that…
September 11, 2015
The ÃÛÌÒAPP Institute for Computational Biology (ICB) will host its inaugural symposium Tuesday, Sept. 22, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Tinkham Veale University Center’s Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Ballroom. The symposium’s topic will be "Present-Day Problems and Potentials…
September 01, 2015
Case Western Reserve scientists show how sugar-derived molecules can weaken infection-fighting antimicrobial beta-defensin peptides ÃÛÌÒAPP scientists may have uncovered a molecular mechanism that sets into motion the dangerous infection in the feet and hands that often…
August 26, 2015
Groundbreaking medical research offers Sanford Markowitz the best of two worlds. He thrives on solving tough scientific puzzles that come with medical research in a top-flight academic center. He also finds immense gratification that his work may someday help someone with serious illness such as…
August 25, 2015
Two Cleveland researchers receive $18.5 million to continue legacy in rheumatic, immunologic disorders and infectious disease Building on its previous gifts to Cleveland Clinic and ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine, the Richard J. Fasenmyer Foundation awarded $18.5 million in new…
August 24, 2015
The ÃÛÌÒAPP chapter of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines will host a showing of Medical Research: Houston, We Have a Problem. The event will take place today (Monday, Aug. 24) from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Biomedical Research Building, Room 105. Food will be…
August 21, 2015
Tolulope Rosanwo, a student in the School of Medicine, recently was selected to participate in the 2015 Minority Medical Student Award Program (MMSAP). The program is meant to increase interest among minority students in hematology. Over the course of a summer, the students must create a research…
August 21, 2015
The School of Medicine awarded Robert Bucklew, outreach coordinator for the ÃÛÌÒAPP/University Hospitals AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (CTU), with the 2014-2015 Joan Harris Staff Development Award. The School of Medicine annually awards this honor to a non-faculty employee who…