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Many rare disorders are caused by gene mutation, like sickle cell anemia. Yet until now the underlying genetic cause of more common conditions – for example, rheumatoid arthritis – has evaded scientists for years. New research from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine to appear in the...

A ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine study in the November 22 issue of Journal of Biological Chemistry, explains how vitamin A is generated from beta carotene, its dietary precursors. The discovery sheds new light into how beta carotene’s enzymes are utilized differently contributing...

A new data brief released by the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø (PRCHN) shows that more than one-in-five African-American young adults in Cleveland, ages 18 to 29, routinely uses little cigars. Additional findings detailed in the PRCHN dat...

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals today announced the launch of the Institute of Computational Biology, an innovative venture designed to enhance the institutions’ ability to draw actionable insights from the oceans of medical information each already possesses. Renown...

Researchers at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute have discovered recent genetic mutations in a parasite that causes over 100 million cases of malaria annually—changes that may render tens of millions of Africans who had been considered resistant, suscepti...

A discovery from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and Cleveland Clinic researchers could provide epilepsy patients invaluable advance guidance about their chances to improve symptoms through surgery. Assistant Professor of Neurosciences Roberto Fernández Galán, PhD, and his collaborators have identified a new...

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s School of Medicine alumnus Theodore Castele, MD, FACR, was awarded the prestigious 2013 Outstanding Volunteer Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) in recognition of his extraordinary fundraising effort on behalf of the School of Medicine, and ...

A special class of white blood cell could offer insights regarding ways to spur regeneration in two of the most devastating and stubborn forms of nerve damage – those to the brain and spinal cord. In a study published earlier this month in the Journal of Neuroscience, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Univer...

Derek Taylor, PhD, a member of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine, has been awarded the prestigious New Innovator Award by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH awards this grant to scientists proposing highly innovative approaches to major contemporary challenges in biomedical r...

A $7.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to Brigham and Women’s Hospital(BWH) and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine will establish the NHLBI National Sleep Research Resource (NSRR), a comprehensive, easily accessible and well-annotated national repository of...