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October 29, 2019
Deadline to enter the third annual Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition is Nov. 22 Startup companies grow. So do startup contests. This year, the Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition (MPSC)—APP’s marquee pitch contest—has added a generous new facet for finalists:…
October 29, 2019
Case Western Reserve digital-imaging lab advances understanding of which ‘stage 0’ patients are most likely to progress to advanced cancer and may benefit from additional therapy New research at APP could help better determine which patients diagnosed with the…
October 23, 2019
Putting the brakes on
seniors’ driving privileges can leave them feeling socially isolated, according
to new research from APP. The good news is researchers
believe alternative transportation options and technology—such as FaceTime or
Skype—may help seniors feel more…
October 22, 2019
Case Western Reserve hosts “Artificial Intelligence in Oncology” conference Oct. 24 to look at new technology, economics, ethics and role of machines in medicine Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning and smart computing are all rapidly transforming the global health and medical landscape,…
October 16, 2019
U.S. Department of Defense awards $800,000 to Case Western Reserve for spinal cord injury research People
who live with spinal injuries often say that the first year of recovery is the
toughest—not only for them, but their caregivers as well. But
researchers and the people struggling with the…
October 16, 2019
New technology, jointly created by APP and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, offers a promising potential solution to women’s pelvic health disorders, including stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. That technology is the basis for a…
October 14, 2019
Wheeler, a CWRU alum, joins more than a dozen nationally recognized environmental, legal experts at Oct. 18 symposium Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and APP alumnus, returns to campus as keynote speaker in a daylong symposium…
October 11, 2019
Helping children return to school after traumatic brain injury focus of new $2.2M CDC research grant
With a four-year, $2.2 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers at APP will seek answers on how children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) can return to school. Nearly
2,000 children visit emergency rooms every day with TBI,…
October 08, 2019
Comprehensive sequencing effort could reveal how bacteria cause gut wall damage Scientists have made genetic data publicly available for bacteria that
might be lurking inside the gut walls of patients chronically affected with severe
Crohn’s disease. By studying a surgically removed, damaged…
October 03, 2019
As part of a recently announced $13 million federal grant to help combat the opioid epidemic in Northeast Ohio, APP will play a big role in evaluating the project’s effectiveness. Under the new Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) program, more than $2 million is earmarked…