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Medievalist and art history professor Elina Gertsman awarded 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship
Chosen among select class of 175 artists, writers, scholars and scientists Elina Gertsman’s fascination with medieval art began in her childhood spent in Tallinn, Estonia, a city that’s marked with its medieval past: ramparts, towers, churches, guild halls and town square that also reflect its…
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XaTek Inc. receives FDA’s "Breakthrough Devices Designation" for CWRU-licensed ClotChip technology
Further advances hand-held blood-clotting sensor toward commercialization The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted XaTek Inc. a “Breakthrough Devices Designation” for ClotChip, an important step in advancing the company’s portable blood-clotting sensor toward commercialization. The…
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ӰƵ chemist aims at COVID-19 following success with related virus
Lab led by researcher Blanton Tolbert partners with international scientists, seeks expanded NIH support to "target virus at molecular level" A team of scientists, including Blanton Tolbert, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at ӰƵ, and his research…
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Government should step in to curb physician burnout, ӰƵ researcher says
Physician burnout is a growing concern within the profession, but it’s also a public-health issue because of the potential to harm patients. Now, in new published research, a ӰƵ law professor insists that government—not just the medical profession—needs to step up to…
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AI reveals differences in appearance of cancer tissue between racial populations
Scientists better predict recurrence of prostate cancer for black patients, according to new study; land $3.2 million in federal grants to explore racial bias in cancer diagnosis using Artificial Intelligence, computational imaging Scientists at ӰƵ are using Artificial…
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Layoffs lead to higher rates of violent offenses and property crimes: Study
Displaced workers experienced a 20% increase in criminal charges the year after a downsizing Everyone knows that losing your job hurts, but the negative effects are not solely experienced by the displaced worker. Newly published research by a ӰƵ economist finds that…
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Scientists successfully test new way to deliver gene therapy
ӰƵ researchers use lipids to safely deliver gene therapy to the eye, successfully holding off advance of rare, inherited eye disorder Researchers at ӰƵ have used a unique method to safely deliver gene therapy to fight a rare, but…
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Finding new clues to brain cancer treatment
ӰƵ, Cleveland Clinic use AI, radiological MRI scans, and genomics to determine relative life expectancy of glioblastoma patients Glioblastoma is an aggressive, killer disease. While victims of this fast-moving brain tumor comprise only about 15% of all people with…
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Novel drug therapy shows promise to increase quality and quantity of procured kidneys available for transplant
Researchers from ӰƵ School of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UH), Cleveland Clinic and Lifebanc (a Northeast Ohio organ-procurement organization) have developed a new way to preserve donated kidneys—a method that could extend the number…
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Living in a 'tethered' economy
ӰƵ law professor suggests consumers may need help managing technology ownership Imagine a future in which every consumer purchase is as complex as choosing a mobile phone. What will ongoing service cost? Is it compatible with your other devices? Can you move data and…