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Constance and James W. Brown make significant gift to new medical building
The ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine has received a significant gift from Constance and James W. Brown of Chagrin Falls, President Barbara R. Snyder announced Thursday evening. The gift will help fund a new medical education and research building and headquarters for the School of ...
Dr. Jonathan Lass, of ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, to be honored by Eye Bank Association of America
CLEVELAND - The Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA), the nation’s oldest transplant association, has chosen Jonathan Lass, MD, for the 2012 R. Townley Paton Award for his work on corneal preservation and his 30-plus-year career as an ophthalmologist and medical educator. Lass is the Charles I Th...
CWRU nurse researchers find effort takes its toll on unpaid family caregivers
According to AARP, the annual cost of unpaid elder caregiving—a responsibility that falls primarily to family members—totals about $450 billion. Until ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ nurse researchers began their study, however, the mental, physical and emotional expenditure of such caregiving had ...
Researchers find preterm labor therapy offers promise for inflammatory diseases
Magnesium sulfate is given to many pregnant women to treat preterm labor and preeclampsia, and it was recently shown to prevent cerebral palsy. However, little is known about how it works. But researchers at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine recently discovered the mechanism by whic...
$4M Awarded to ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ to Develop Structural Biology Instrument
CLEVELAND - Led by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Mark Chance, PhD, director of the Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine, has been awarded $4 million for work with the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS II) at Bro...
Preterm Labor Powerhouse Therapy Offers Promise for Inflammatory Diseases
CLEVELAND - Magnesium sulfate is given to many pregnant women to treat preterm labor and preeclampsia and was recently shown to prevent cerebral palsy; however little is known about how it works. Researchers at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine recently discovered the mechanism by w...
Drug reverses abnormal brain function in Rett syndrome mice
A promising study out in the Journal of Neurosciences showed that in a mouse model of Rett syndrome, researchers were able to reverse abnormalities in brain activity and improve neurological function by treating the animals with an FDA-approved anesthesia drug, ketamine. Rett syndrome is among the m...
Alumnus Supports New Medical Education Building with $1.5M Gift
CLEVELAND - ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine announces a $1.5 million commitment from alumnus Michael D. Eppig, MD, and his wife Ruth Eppig. The Eppigs’ gift will help fund a new medical education and research building that will serve as the School of Medicine’s headquarters. Dean Pamela B. D...
Study shows Alcoholics Anonymous participation promotes long-term recovery
A new study published in a special issue of Substance Abuse finds that recovering alcoholics who help others in 12-step programs have better outcomes in terms of their time sober, consideration for others and long-term meeting attendance. These novel findings are from a 10-year, prospective investi...
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ researchers create short-term memories in-vitro
Ben W. Strowbridge, professor of neurosciences and physiology/biophysics and Robert A. Hyde, a fourth-year MD/PhD student in the neurosciences graduate program at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine, have discovered how to store diverse forms of artificial short-term memories in isola...