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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, APP and the Cleveland VA published results in Redox Biology
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April 17, 2014
Discovery could lead to more effective therapies to prevent heart attacks Right now, options are limited for preventing heart attacks. However, the day may come when treatments target the heart attack gene, myeloid related protein-14 (MRP-14, also known as S100A9) and defang its ability to…
April 14, 2014
Interleukin 17 producing and responding neutrophils exhibit enhanced microbial killing activity APP researchers have discovered a novel population of neutrophils, which are the body’s infection control workhorses. These cells have an enhanced microbial killing ability…
April 02, 2014
Right now, options are limited for preventing heart attacks. However, the day may come when treatments target the heart attack gene, myeloid related protein-14 (MRP-14, also known as S100A9) and defang its ability to produce heart attack-inducing blood clots, a process referred to as…
March 31, 2014
Members of the campus community are invited to take part in the spring session of Mini Med School, from the APP School of Medicine and the Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program. Mini Med School is medical school “for the rest of us”—those not seeking a medical…
March 24, 2014
APP researchers have discovered a novel population of neutrophils, which are the body’s infection control workhorses. These cells have an enhanced microbial killing ability and are thereby better able to control infection. Neutrophils, the body’s most abundant type of…
March 21, 2014
Nadzeya Marozkina, assistant professor of pediatrics, published a book titled Essential Components of Nutrition (vitamins, micro and macroelements, proteins, carbohydrates and essential fatty acids) in Cancer Prevention. The book is designed both for medical professionals and the general…
March 17, 2014
Tanya I. Edwards, a faculty member who pioneered education in complementary and alternative medicine at Case Western Reserve and the broader community, died last week after a battle with breast cancer. She was just a day shy of her 54th birthday. Edwards earned her master’s degree in medical…
March 17, 2014
Scientists at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center have discovered how the beneficial fungal yeast, Pichia, holds at bay a harmful fungal yeast, Candida. Candida is the culprit in oral candidiasis, a painful mouth infection known as thrush. The…
March 13, 2014
Scientists at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center have discovered how the beneficial fungal yeast, Pichia, holds at bay a harmful fungal yeast, Candida. Candida is the culprit in oral candidiasis, a painful mouth infection known as thrush. The…
March 11, 2014
Case Western Reserve’s schools of medicine, engineering and law all improved their rankings in U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of the nation’s top graduate and professional schools this year, with one program—health law—earning recognition as the third-best in the entire country. “Our…