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Ohio Third Frontier awards CWRU and partners $2.5 million for imaging research
The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has awarded $2.5 million in research grants to advance the Philips Healthcare Global Advanced Imaging Innovation Center, a collaboration among ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ, University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Philips Healthcare. The research projects ar...
National Cancer Institute Establishes $11.3 Million Center at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ
CLEVELAND — The National Cancer Institute has awarded $11.3 million to ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine to establish a center of excellence for research on gastrointestinal cancers. The funding designates the university as a Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Gas...
School of Medicine researchers develop technique to see cancer’s path
For the first time, scientists can see pathways to stop a deadly brain cancer in its tracks. Researchers at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine have imaged individual cancer cells and the routes they travel as the tumor spreads. The researchers used a novel cryo-imaging technique to ...
Uncovering the Spread of Deadly Cancer
CLEVELAND – For the first time, scientists can see pathways to stop a deadly brain cancer in its tracks. Researchers at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine have imaged individual cancer cells and the routes they travel as the tumor spreads. The researchers used a novel cryo-imaging t...
Researchers join to launch groundbreaking clinical trial for MS treatment
Researchers at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ, Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center have come together to launch a new clinical trial of an experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). The groundbreaking study will test the feasibility and safety of using the body’...
Cleveland Researchers Collaborate to Launch Phase 1 Clinical Trial for New Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
Note: Detail on the groundbreaking research that led to this clinical trial is available here. CLEVELAND—A team of researchers at three landmark Cleveland institutions have come together to launch a new clinical trial of an experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). Researchers at the Clev...
Newly Discovered Cell Mechanism Uses Amplified Nitric Oxide to Fight C. Diff
CLEVELAND – Groundbreaking research encompassing ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, has uncovered a natural defense mechanism that is capable of inactivating the toxin that spreads Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, an increasingly common...
National Center for Regenerative Medicine at CWRU to Host Cleveland Stem Cell Conference, Aug 22-24
CLEVELAND—The National Center for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM) at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ is proud to present "MSC 2011: Innovations in Cell-Based Regenerative Therapies," a three-day forum to highlight transformative breakthroughs in the area of adult stem cell medicine with a focus on how ...
School of Medicine researchers finds new forest rodent fossils in highland desert
Two new rodent fossils were discovered in the arid highlands of southern Bolivia by researchers from ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Medicine and Universidad Autónoma Tomás Frías. The larger of the two rodents, named Mesoprocta hypsodus, probably looked something like a guinea pig on stil...
Researchers build artificial lung that runs on air, not pure oxygen
An artificial lung built by Cleveland researchers has reached efficiencies akin to the genuine organ, using air—not pure oxygen as current man-made lungs require—for the source of the essential element. Use in humans is still years away, but for the 200 million lung disease sufferers worldwide, ...