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ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine’s Akua Abrah earns Fulbright award to combat a common cause of infant mortality in Ghana
It only took an instant for all of Akua Abrah’s career ideas to shift. Peering into the eyes of an infant at an orphanage in Ghana, she tossed aside her aspirations of becoming a veterinarian—inspired by repeated viewings of Eddie Murphy’s Dr. Doolittle. Though she had yet to hear the word …
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March 25, 2013
An iron imbalance caused by prion proteins collecting in the brain is a likely cause of cell death in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), researchers at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine have found.
The breakthrough follows discoveries that certain proteins found in the brains of Alzh...
March 22, 2013
March Madness has begun, and there’s one person on campus who knows exactly what that excitement is like. Chris Masotti, vice dean for finance and administration at the School of Medicine, played for the Villanova Wildcats from 1987 to 1991 and played in the NCAA Tournament three of those four years...
March 17, 2013
A new method of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could provide early identification of specific cancers, multiple sclerosis, heart disease and other maladies, researchers at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center write in the journal Nature.
Each body tiss...
March 14, 2013
CLEVELAND — A new method of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could routinely spot specific cancers, multiple sclerosis, heart disease and other maladies early, when they’re most treatable, researchers at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center suggest in the...
March 14, 2013
A research team from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine has discovered an approach that could make gene therapy dramatically more effective for patients.
Led by professor Eric Arts, the scientists discovered that the process of gene therapy is missing essential elements, thereby red...
March 14, 2013
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s School of Medicine has received a nearly $1 million grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust’s Type 1 diabetes program.
The three-year award will support research on a rapid-acting, glucose-responsive insulin by biochemistry professor Michael ...
March 13, 2013
A scientist at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine has been awarded a $1.2 million grant to develop a therapy to reduce the prevalence of premature births, which today affect more than 15 million newborns worldwide each year.
Sam Mesiano, associate professor of reproductive biology, ...
March 10, 2013
Sniffing, a common behavior in dogs, cats and other animals, has been observed to also serve as a method for rats to communicate—a fundamental discovery that may help scientists identify brain regions critical for interpreting communications cues and what brain malfunctions may cause some complex so...
March 08, 2013
CLEVELAND - A scientist at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine has been awarded a $1.2 million grant to develop a therapy to reduce the prevalence of premature births, which today affect more than 15 million newborns worldwide each year.
Sam Mesiano, PhD, associate professor of repro...
March 07, 2013
CLEVELAND - Sniffing, a common behavior in dogs, cats and other animals, has been observed to also serve as a method for rats to communicate—a fundamental discovery that may help scientists identify brain regions critical for interpreting communications cues and what brain malfunctions may cause som...