Research Impact

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November 13, 2019
Much less invasive than current dependence on examining cerebrospinal fluid
Wenquan Zou, an expert in degenerative neurological diseases, along with collaborators Shu G. Chen, also from the ϳԹ School of Medicine, Jiyan Ma, from Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids, Michi...

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November 13, 2019
A
five-year, $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to Case
Western Reserve University will support students training to help children with
developmental and educational needs.
“Many children need extra help in their educational journey. Teachers cannot do it alone,” said Elizab...

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November 12, 2019
ϳԹ researchers awarded nearly $1 million in federal grants to continue work on unsolved sexual assaults cases
Researchers at ϳԹ have been
awarded nearly $1 million in federal grants to continue analyzing rape kits to
help solve thousands of sexual assa...

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November 07, 2019
Researchers used Microsoft HoloLens to visualize, access pathways in human brain; project by ϳԹ’s Interactive Commons, School of Medicine, others
A team of researchers, led by ϳԹ scientists and technicians using the Microsoft HoloLens mixed reality pla...

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October 29, 2019
ϳԹ digital-imaging lab advances understanding of which ‘stage 0’ patients are most likely to progress to advanced cancer and may benefit from additional therapy
New research at ϳԹ could help better determine which patients diagnosed with the pre-malign...

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October 25, 2019
Actress Meryl Streep narrates narwhal demo from ϳԹ’s Interactive Commons; debuts Saturday at Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
The narwhal and its signature tusk are about to get the Microsoft HoloLens mixed-reality treatment, and one of the world’s foremost narwhal...

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October 16, 2019
U.S. Department of Defense awards $800,000 to ϳԹ for spinal cord injury research
People
who live with spinal injuries often say that the first year of recovery is the
toughest—not only for them, but their caregivers as well.
But
researchers and the people struggling with the re...

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October 10, 2019
Participant in Youth Engaged in Science, a National Cancer Institute-funded program at ϳԹ
Connor Harris, a science-minded teenager from Hudson, Ohio, wants
to know why African-Americans die from colorectal cancer at a higher rate than
other racial groups.
His curiosity, fueled by...

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October 08, 2019
Comprehensive sequencing effort could reveal how bacteria cause gut wall damage
Scientists have made genetic data publicly available for bacteria that
might be lurking inside the gut walls of patients chronically affected with severe
Crohn’s disease.
By studying a surgically removed, damaged bowe...

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September 26, 2019
ϳԹ law professor Anat Alon-Beck makes a case for regulatory reform for tech startups worth more than $1 billion
Until just a few years ago,
many talented workers chose to hustle for a promising technology startup
company, often for lower pay, long hours and a challengin...