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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 04, 2013
CLEVELAND - A professor from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine is one of the lead authors of a study identifying seven new regions of the human genome that are associated with increased risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness among older adults.
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February 27, 2013
CLEVELAND - A ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø professor has found that young people addicted to alcohol and drugs can increase their chances of recovery by helping others.
In 2010, Maria Pagano, PhD, found that adults who became involved in Alcoholics Anonymous-related service-type work were more l...
February 08, 2013
CLEVELAND - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine has received a $220,000 grant from the DeGregorio Family Foundation to study gastric cancers, which remain among the most deadly forms of disease.
The two-year grant from the foundation, which focuses on stomach and esophageal cancer re...
January 27, 2013
A team of researchers, led by Goutham Narla at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine and University Hospitals Case Medical Center and collaborators at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Erasmus Medical Center, has discovered a gene variant that drives the spread of breast cancer. Pu...
January 09, 2013
The discovery of insulin nearly a century ago changed diabetes from a death sentence to a chronic disease.
This week, a team that includes researchers from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine announced a discovery that could lead to dramatic improvements in the lives of people managi...
December 27, 2012
CLEVELAND - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø has been approved for a research award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study ways that applying patients’ strengths can help enhance their health care and well-being. The project is part of a portfolio of patient-centered c...
December 18, 2012
Researchers at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine have identified a molecule linked to more aggressive forms of breast cancer—a discovery that could point the way to potential cures.
Until this study, the ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule called miR-181a had never before been tied to ...
December 17, 2012
CLEVELAND - Researchers at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine have identified a molecule linked to more aggressive forms of breast cancer – a discovery that could point the way to potential cures.
Until this study, the ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule called miR-181a had never before...
December 11, 2012
CLEVELAND - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine and AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company, today announced the first patient enrolled in a Phase 2a trial to assess the effectiveness of AZD5847, a new test drug for patients with tuberculosis (TB), including patients with HIV ...
December 05, 2012
CLEVELAND - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine announced that it will receive funding through the Achieving Healthy Growth program within the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative. This initiative was launched by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to overcome persistent bottl...