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Lin Mei, MD, PhD Joins Department of Neurosciences at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine
Lin Mei, MD, PhD, joins ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine as professor, chair of the Department of Neurosciences, and director of the Cleveland Brain Health Initiative. Mei comes to the medical school following 13 highly productive years at Medical College of Georgia at Augusta Univ...
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine Awarded $1.6M for Undergraduate Research
Mark Jackson, PhD ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine is preparing and inspiring a new generation of cancer investigators through Cancer-focused Summer Undergraduate Research (CanSUR). The 10-week program recently received a five-year National Institutes of Health (National...
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New Images Show Serotonin Activating Its Receptor for First Time
Serotonin-induced activation of serotonin (3A) receptors Serotonin (3A) receptors are common drug targets in the treatment of pain, gastrointestinal dysfunctions, and mood disorders yet little is known about their three-dimensional structure. Details about serotonin receptor structures co...
Single Protein Controls Thousands of Genes Essential for Sperm Development
Tissue from a mouse that has a functional Dazl gene, with fluorescent-labeled germ cells (left), and tissue from a mouse lacking the Dazl gene (right). A single protein regulates a battery of key genes inside developing sperm, according to a new study out of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Universit...
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Researchers Receive $1.5M NIH Grant to Enhance Guidelines for Ethical Human-Animal Chimera Research
Insoo Hyun, PhD, and colleagues will identify ways of improving existing guidelines and ensuring professional accountability and responsibility in human-animal chimera research. The interdisciplinary bioethics project is supported by a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Human Genome Re...
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Database Funded to Help Researchers Understand the Effect of Bipolar Disorder throughout Adult Lifespan
Martha Sajatovic, MD, has received a three-year, $600,000 grant from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders. She and her colleagues will develop the first-of-its-kind multi-national database that can be used to help researchers address questions about BD throughout the adult lifespan. ...
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Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Receives $3M NIH Grant for Health Disparities Research
Li Li, MD, PhD (left), Monica Webb Hooper, PhD, and Nathan A. Berger, MD (right), received a Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) Planning Grant P20 award to address health disparities. Their research will provide the infrastructure for a new, comprehensive research program at Case We...
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Researchers Cure Drug-Resistant Infections without Antibiotics
Menachem Shoham, PhD and colleagues have teamed up in a new study that shows antibiotics are not always necessary to cure sepsis in mice. Biochemists, microbiologists, drug discovery experts and infectious disease doctors have teamed up in a new study that shows antibiotics are not always...
A Human Brain Model in a Petri Dish?
Research scientists around the world are now able to investigate the structural, cellular, and developmental intricacies of the human brain using bioengineered stem cell-based models called organoids. But the ethics to help guide researchers and regulators lag behind the technological capability to ...
$3M Grant Extends HIV Intervention to Prevent Heart Disease
A team of nurses and physicians has received a four-year, $3 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to extend traditional HIV treatment protocols to improve the cardiovascular health of people living with HIV. According to the investigators, people living with HIV are near...