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October 11, 2024
Johnie Rose, MD, PhD, member of Case CCC's Population and Cancer Prevention Program and Director of CWRU SOM's Preventive Medicine Residency Program, has received a $1.5M award from the National Cancer Institute to develop a first-of-its-kind, transportable informatics tool that will integrate patie...

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October 08, 2024
Research could lead to new discoveries in cancer medicine
With a new five-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), researchers at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ will develop computer software to analyze and interpret complex genome data.
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September 19, 2024
With a new four-year, $1.14 million grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, researchers at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ and the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, will use artificial intelligence (AI) to determine the best personalized treatment for veterans with rectal cancer....

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September 09, 2024
The Alumni Association of ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ will host the next installment of Spartans Step Up, a webcast series focusing on topical issues and the CWRU community, Wednesday, Sept. 18, from 1 to 2 p.m.
Gary Schwartz, director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and vice dean of on...

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September 05, 2024
At 4 years old, Charis Eng was captivated by her uncle’s career as a physician—an early fascination that wound up shaping her future. By age 16, she had already enrolled at the University of Chicago, marking the start of a journey that would eventually lead her to become a pioneering figure in medic...
August 30, 2024
A study published in Nature's Scientific Reports by Case CCC Molecular Oncology Program members Edward Plow, PhD, and Khalid Sossey-Alaoui, PhD, suggests that Kindlin-2 should be closely examined as a therapeutic target for prostate cancer treatment.
Titled Role of Kindlin 2 in prostate cancer, the...
August 30, 2024
Robert Salata, MD, member of Case CCC's Population and Cancer Prevention Program, leading figure in the field of infectious diseases, and dedicated advocate for public health, passed away this week. His distinguished career at CWRU and University Hospitals spanned decades, during which he mentored g...
August 16, 2024
Hsin-Ti (Cindy) Lin, MD, and Benjamin Liu, MD, both Residents at MetroHealth, were interviewed by National Public Radio's (NPR) health correspondent, Yuki Noguchi, about their research on the promise of GLP-1 agonists, a class of drugs now being used to treat diabetes and weight loss, for use in pre...
August 16, 2024
January 2022 debuted Reshmi Parameswaran's novel B-cell activating factor (BAFF) CAR T product effective at killing multiple B-cell cancers with robust in vitro and in vivo cytotoxicity exerted by these cells against mantle cell lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
This app...
August 16, 2024
If you haven't met Faye Gary, EdD, RN, FAAN, you should. A tiny bundle of energy, she exudes compassion while commanding a room of high schoolers or an auditorium of her peers. She rarely takes "no" for an answer, and she gets things done.
Gary, a CWRU Distinguished University Professor, is one of ...