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Newly Discovered DNA Enhancers Help Switch on Colorectal Cancer
Genetic mutations can increase a person's cancer risk, but other gene "enhancer" elements may also be responsible for disease progression, according to new research out of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. In a breakthrough study published in Nature Communications, scientists discovered changes ...
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Shave It Off: ϳԹ community comes together to support pediatric cancer research
The running joke in Alex Huang’s pediatric oncology immunotherapy lab is that, to become a member of the research team, you have to shave your head. While that’s not really the case, many do so anyway—for a good cause. The researchers in Huang’s lab will “brave the shave” once again at the 2017 Cas...
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Cancer Disparities Symposium: "Building Bridges to Address Cancer Disparities"
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center will host the Cancer Disparities Symposium: "Building Bridges to Address Cancer Disparities" Friday, March 17, at 8 a.m. in the Iris S. and Bert L. Wolstein Research Building. Understanding and addressing cancer disparities is complex and multi-faceted, and requ...
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Shape of prostate and compartments within may serve as cancer indicators
Potential biomarker of disease appears to be free of troubling image variability Preliminary computerized imaging reveals the shape of the prostate and a compartment within the gland—called the transitional zone—consistently differ in men with prostate cancer than those without the disease, accordin...
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers Receive Outstanding Investigator Awards from NIH
Three Case Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers received Outstanding Investigator Awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These highly competitive multi-year federal grants recognize investigators who have achieved significant research accomplishments. The amount and duration of the ...
2016 Wrap-Up
As you can tell from my message last week, 2017 will be a very busy year for our Center. I would be remiss, however, if I didn't offer some reflection on highlights from the past year. Let me tell you - 2016 was pretty excitement-packed and record-setting itself. When I say that I am not just refer...
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The Spotlight is on Us in 2017: Write Well and Show Off
Did you ever wonder how our colleagues nationally get to know us? As we enter 2017, I have one answer for you - the core grant renewal for the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. The number of leaders in the field of cancer research who will learn about us through the grant renewal is daunting! Ou...
AACI Presidential Initiative
I would like to alert our membership of the two-year initiative I set out for the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) at the national meeting last week. As President of AACI for the next two years, I asked all the cancer centers to participate in a review of practices and approaches to...
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Scientists Develop Computer Models to Predict Cancer Cell Network Activity
A multi-institution academic-industrial partnership of researchers led by ϳԹ School of Medicine has developed a new method to broadly assess cell communication networks and identify disease-specific network anomalies. The computer-based method, called InFlo, was develope...
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Guest Commentary: Megan Kilbane, MBA, Assistant Dean for Oncology 2016 has been described as the year of 216, and it would be hard for anyone to argue that it is not truly the year for Cleveland to shine. From the Cavs to the Monsters and soon to be the Indians, we are grabbing championships left ...