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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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February 29, 2012
CLEVELAND - Today, the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø release new health data from Cleveland neighborhood groups on three of the most pressing public health concerns: obesity, hypertension, and diabetes.
The three data briefs – statistical pu...
February 28, 2012
CLEVELAND - A study led by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine, in collaboration with the University of East London UK, and Swansea University UK, is the first to show the effects of the drug ecstasy on fetal and infant development.
Ecstasy is a stimulant and hallucinogen, and is one...
February 22, 2012
CLEVELAND - A fundamental discovery reported in the March 1st issue of the journal Nature, uncovers the first molecular evidence linking the body’s natural circadian rhythms to sudden cardiac death (SCD). Ventricular arrhythmias, or abnormal heart rhythms, are the most common cause of sudden cardiac...
February 03, 2012
CLEVELAND - Neuroscientists at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine have made a dramatic breakthrough in their efforts to find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers’ findings, published in the journal Science, show that use of a drug in mice appears to quickly reverse the pat...
January 31, 2012
CLEVELAND - Time can be important in an emergency department especially in a busy Level 1 Trauma Center like MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, when getting patients appropriate care is essential. However, when the quality of an emergency department is judged by a patient’s length of stay, tim...
December 20, 2011
CLEVELAND - Investigators at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine received a $6.75 million Program Project Grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to study the role of innate immunity in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). For years, scient...
December 01, 2011
CLEVELAND - A mutation on the surface of human red blood cells provides protection against malaria caused by the parasite Plasmodium vivax, research led by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine shows.
The minute change, at a single position of red blood cell surface protein called the ...
November 30, 2011
One of the earliest known impairments caused by Alzheimer’s disease—loss of sense of smell—can be restored by removing a plaque-forming protein in a mouse model of the disease, a study led by a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine researcher finds.
The study confirms that the protein,...
November 22, 2011
CLEVELAND - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine has received a $3.8 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to study sleep apnea as a possible cause of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most commonly diagnosed type of arrhythmia, or irregular heart rhythm....
November 14, 2011
CLEVELAND - University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine and Lentigen Corporation announced today the initiation of a novel Phase I clinical trial of LG631 gene therapy for the protection of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) from the dose limiting t...