New study offers added hope for patients awaiting corneal transplants January 9, 2018Donor tissue can be stored for 11 days before transplantation—four days longer than current convention New national research...FeaturedHealth & Wellness·
Researchers receive Department of Defense grant for implantable muscle stimulator January 3, 2018Device aims to benefit patients with spinal cord injuries, including combat veterans A team of researchers led by...FeaturedHealth & Wellness·
Case Western Reserve research advance may prevent a form of hereditary hearing loss December 21, 2017Four-fold improvement in hearing for a mouse model of deafness A research advance co-led by Case Western Reserve...FeaturedHealth & Wellness·
School of Medicine researcher receives NIH grants to uncover connection between abnormal embryonic brain development and autism December 19, 2017Will probe link among cell-signaling defects, rapid cell growth and enlarged brains One hypothesis for how autism develops...FeaturedHealth & Wellness·
Researchers find immune cells help rebuild damaged nerves December 18, 2017Immune cells are normally associated with fighting infection, but in a new study scientists have discovered how they...Health & Wellness·
Medicine’s Jonathan Lass discusses research on corneal donation preservation time December 15, 2017Jonathan Lass, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, discussed his research on how preservation time of donated corneas...Publications & Presentations·
Assistant professor receives $3.9 million NIH grant to expand countermeasures against chemical threats, including mustard gas December 13, 2017Aims to augment immune system’s response to toxic exposure Kurt Lu, assistant professor of dermatology at Case Western...FeaturedHealth & Wellness·
CWRU School of Medicine’s Mark Griswold elected 2017 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors December 12, 2017Mark A. Griswold, a professor in the Department of Radiology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,...AppointmentsFeaturedUniversity News·
National experts map out adolescent and young adult cancer research agenda December 6, 2017Case Comprehensive Cancer Center organizes strategic meeting in Atlanta to plan next three to five years Researchers at...FeaturedHealth & Wellness·
Researchers find infectious prions in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease patient skin November 30, 2017Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)—the human equivalent of mad cow disease—is caused by rogue, misfolded protein aggregates termed prions, which...FeaturedHealth & Wellness·
