Iron imbalance likely leads to brain cell death in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
An iron imbalance caused by prion proteins collecting in the brain is a likely cause of cell death...
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5 questions with…School of Medicine vice dean, March Madness alum
March Madness has begun, and there’s one person on campus who knows exactly what that excitement is like....
New MRI method fingerprints tissues and diseases, leading to earlier, quicker diagnoses
A new method of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could provide early identification of specific cancers, multiple sclerosis, heart...
Discovery in HIV may solve efficiency problems for gene therapy
A research team from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has discovered an approach that could make...
CWRU receives Helmsley Trust grant to develop new glucose-sensitive insulin
Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine has received a nearly $1 million grant from The Leona M....
Researcher’s $1.2 million grant funds efforts to reduce prevalence of preterm birth
A scientist at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has been awarded a $1.2 million grant to...
Study finds rats sniff to communicate, shedding light on social interactions
Sniffing, a common behavior in dogs, cats and other animals, has been observed to also serve as a...
After decades of research, scientists unlock how insulin interacts with cells
The discovery of insulin nearly a century ago changed diabetes from a death sentence to a chronic disease....
School of Medicine researchers discover new molecule linked to late-stage breast cancer
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified a molecule linked to more aggressive forms...