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Medicine’s Joel Sax, Christopher McFarland and Bryan Carroll highlight the limitations of a specific commercially available clinical genetic test in dermatology 
Earlier this year, Department of Genetics professor Joel Sax, along with Christopher McFarland, assistant professor at the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, and Bryan Carroll, associate professor for the Department of Dermatology, published an article titled “Limitations of the Commerciall...
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U.S. News lists CWRU among ‘tier 1’ medical schools
ӰƵ one of 16 best medical schools for research ӰƵ School of Medicine is among the country’s top medical schools for research, according to the annual listing from U.S. News & World Report. For its 2025 ratings, the publication drastically adjusted its ...
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Postdoctoral scholar Charlems Alvarez Jimenez selected for PhRMA Foundation fellowship
Charlems Alvarez Jimenez, a postdoctoral scholar at ӰƵ, was recently selected for the PhRMA Foundation’s 2024 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in Translational Medicine. This prestigious award will support Alvarez Jimenez’s research in rectal cancer. Approximately 40,000 p...
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ӰƵ receives $1.5M grant from Foundation Fighting Blindness to test possible new treatment for inherited retinal disease
There’s only one U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved therapy for an inherited retinal disease, and dozens of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) genes for which no therapy is available. With a new three-year, $1.5 million grant from the Foundation Fighting Blindness, Shigemi Matsuyama, an associate pr...
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Unlocking the mystery of preexisting drug resistance: New study sheds light on cancer evolution
The evolution of resistance to diseases, from infectious illnesses to cancers, poses a formidable challenge. Despite the expectation that resistance-conferring mutations would dwindle in the absence of treatment due to a reduced growth rate, preexisting resistance is pervasive across diseases that ...
Undergraduate student selected for prestigious BioMed Amgen Scholars Program at Yale University
Reda Riffi, a first-generation student at ӰƵ, was selected to participate in the BioMed Amgen Scholars Program at Yale University this summer. Riffi is majoring in neuroscience and conducts research at CWRU in the Xiong Lab. The BioMed Amgen Scholars Program is a highly...
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Learning Group meeting: “Representation and Inclusion in a New Pantheon of Superheroes”
Members of the ӰƵ community are invited to join the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences-based Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Learning Group for its next meeting Wednesday, July 17, from noon to 1:30 p.m. via Zoom. During these meetings, attendees...
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Medicine’s Armando Vergara-Martel receives early career award for abstract
The American Diabetes Association - Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Interest Group recently named Armando Vergara-Martel, research assistant in the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the School of Medicine, a winner of its Early Career Abstract Award. The title of Vergara-Martel’s abstract is...
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Master of Arts in Bioethics and Medical Humanities information session
Looking for a way to develop yourself and stand out in your career? Consider the Master of Arts in Bioethics and Medical Humanities program at ӰƵ. Members of the campus community can learn about the program during a virtual information session Tuesday, July 16, from 4 to...
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“Seeding Fresh Ideas for Food Justice Lessons from the Nourishing Power Fellowship”
Join the School of Medicine for a monthly seminar series hosted by the Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health titled “Seeding Fresh Ideas for Food Justice Lessons from the Nourishing Power Fellowship” Tuesday, July 16, from 9 to 10 a.m. This virtual panel discussion will feature graduate...