School of Medicine
From driving cutting-edge research to bringing medical innovations to market, landing competitive awards and more, the faculty, staff and students at ÃÛÌÒAPP know how to make headlines.
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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
October 03, 2013
The field of gene therapy promises to dramatically transform the treatment of disease, as well as fundamentally change the delivery of health care in the 21st century. A new book provides a comprehensive review of the field of gene-based therapeutics in an expanded third edition textbook that…
October 01, 2013
CLEVELAND – October 1, 2013 – ÃÛÌÒAPP is among the major partners in a $10.2 million Ohio project designed to speed medical breakthroughs to patients – one of only three to win federal funding this year. The Cleveland Clinic is leading the initiative, which includes Case…
September 24, 2013
Real-time imaging technique provides essential molecular picture of protective nerve sheath
Researchers have made a major breakthrough, developing a first-of-its-kind imaging tool to examine myelin damage in multiple sclerosis (MS). An extremely difficult disease to diagnose, the tool will help…
September 23, 2013
Researchers have made an exciting breakthrough – developing a first-of-its-kind imaging tool to examine myelin damage in multiple sclerosis (MS). An extremely difficult disease to diagnose, the tool will help physicians diagnose patients earlier, monitor the disease’s progression, and evaluate…
September 17, 2013
ÃÛÌÒAPP researchers have identified a genetic factor that blocks the blood vessel inflammation that can lead to heart attacks, strokes and other potentially life-threatening events. The breakthrough involving Kruppel-like factor (KLF) 15 is the latest in a string of…
September 12, 2013
The idea that men and women are fundamentally different from each other is widely accepted. And throughout the world, this has created distinct ideas about which social and physical characteristics are necessary in each gender to maintain healthy human development. However, social revolutions…
September 10, 2013
ÃÛÌÒAPP is part of a landmark study that has discovered four novel gene variations  which are associated with blood pressure. The 19-site meta-analysis, involving nearly 30,000 African-Americans, also found that the set of genetic mutations are also associated with blood…
September 04, 2013
Case Western Reserve researchers have identified a genetic factor that blocks the blood vessel inflammation that can lead to heart attacks, strokes and other potentially life-threatening events.  The breakthrough involving Kruppel-like factor (KLF) 15 is the latest in a string of discoveries…
September 02, 2013
CLEVELAND – The idea that men and women are fundamentally different from each other is widely accepted. And throughout the world, this has created distinct ideas about which social and physical characteristics are necessary in each gender to maintain healthy human development. However, social…
August 29, 2013
Dermatology researcher Nicole Ward earned her third National Institutes of Health grant in a year, including two that scored in the first percentile. With this most recent award, an R21 (exploratory/developmental research grant), she will investigate the role the nervous system plays in…