Health + Wellness
August 13, 2012
CLEVELAND - A team of researchers at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine, led by Dr. Mark W. Jackson, have developed a novel method to identify genes that, when overexpressed, make normal cells behave like cancer cells. Using this method, the Jackson laboratory has identified a new…
August 13, 2012
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s ambitious collaboration to bring medical discoveries to patients has won an extraordinary endorsement: a $64.6 million federal grant that is the largest ever awarded in Northeast Ohio. “Five years ago Cleveland’s leading biomedical institutions came together in an…
August 02, 2012
Imagine curing cancer without nausea, hair loss, swelling or any of the other maladies that can accompany chemotherapy or radiation. This week researchers at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine took an extraordinary step toward realizing that remarkable vision. And, as so often…
July 26, 2012
Cleveland – The Ohio Third Frontier Commission unanimously awarded ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s National Center for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM), $2.4 million for its OH-Alive Innovator Platform: A Process and Manufacturing Platform for Cell Therapy.  These funds must be matched by NCRM and…
July 20, 2012
CLEVELAND - Nationally renowned researcher Mukesh K. Jain, MD, of ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine has been elected to serve as vice president of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). In the subsequent two years he will serve as president elect and ultimately…
July 11, 2012
CLEVELAND - A new study published in the July 11 issue of the Journal of Neurosciences details the development of the first mouse model engineered to carry the most common mutation in Usher syndrome III causative gene (Clarin-1) in North America. Further, the research team from ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ…
July 10, 2012
It is intuitive that most people would be less likely to take risks after an unexpected loss. But what happens after a surprising win? It turns out that the very same trend applies, according to ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ psychologist Heath Demaree. In other words, it’s not whether you win or…
July 04, 2012
When a healthy boy was infected with antibiotic-resistant bacterium, the infection was traced to his mother’s nurse’s bag, which was left in the family’s car after her home health care visit to a patient with the same infection. Although the boy’s infection and the patient’s infection were never…
June 26, 2012
CLEVELAND - Following a national search, Cliff A. Megerian, MD, has been named Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center. Dr. Megerian, currently Vice-Chair of the…
June 21, 2012
CLEVELAND - The opportunity to find common ground in health research between academia and community organizations is vast. Unwavering in its vision to work for the collective good, a new pilot program at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine aims to bolster these collaborations by…