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CLEVELAND - A common cancer pathway causing tumor growth is now being targeted by a number of new cancer drugs and shows promising results. A team of researchers at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine have developed a novel method to disrupt this growth signaling pathway, with finding...

ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s School of Medicine is leading a statewide effort to speed the progress of promising medications to patients—all by encouraging collaboration among Ohio’s health leaders. Thanks to a nearly $2 million investment from the State of the Ohio, more than a half dozen schools and ho...

CLEVELAND - Neuroscientists from ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine and the University of Toronto have developed an efficient and reliable method of analyzing brain activity to detect autism in children. Their findings appear today in the online journal PLOS ONE. The researchers rec...

CLEVELAND - Researchers at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine have discovered a technique that directly converts skin cells to the type of brain cells destroyed in patients with multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and other so-called myelin disorders. This discovery appears today in the journal...

CLEVELAND - A dermatology researcher at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine has secured a five-year, $1.9 million federal grant to explore whether a specific molecule may play a pivotal role in the development and progression of psoriasis. Nicole Ward, PhD, assistant professor of der...

Last fall, ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ faculty and staff had the opportunity to complete a free, private Health Risk Assessment (HRA). More than 580 employees (10.9 percent of all employees) chose to complete the HRA. Results revealed that the participant group engages in healthy behaviors and ...

CLEVELAND — A new method of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could routinely spot specific cancers, multiple sclerosis, heart disease and other maladies early, when they’re most treatable, researchers at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center suggest in the...

A research team from ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine has discovered an approach that could make gene therapy dramatically more effective for patients. Led by professor Eric Arts, the scientists discovered that the process of gene therapy is missing essential elements, thereby red...

CLEVELAND - A scientist at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine has been awarded a $1.2 million grant to develop a therapy to reduce the prevalence of premature births, which today affect more than 15 million newborns worldwide each year. Sam Mesiano, PhD, associate professor of repro...

CLEVELAND - Sniffing, a common behavior in dogs, cats and other animals, has been observed to also serve as a method for rats to communicate—a fundamental discovery that may help scientists identify brain regions critical for interpreting communications cues and what brain malfunctions may cause som...