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Drugs Leading Double Lives

Summer 2012 issue

Mighty Mesenchymal

Put tissue paper in the cage of run-of-the-mill mice, and they naturally put their minds to building a nest. But Alzheimer’s disease robs this inclination from the animals, and mice engineered to mimic early-stage Alzheimer’s disease show no such nesting inclinations when they encounter tissue paper.

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Breaking New Ground

Summer 2012 issue

Geoffrey Yang

Just before his fourth-year clinical rotations one day, medical student Geoffrey Yang took a quick minute to check his email. Sitting in his inbox was a note from one of his professors. In this digital age, Yang regularly receives messages from faculty members. This one, however, stood out. It was a forward from his research mentor, Jeremy Bordeaux, MD, sharing the news that their paper on risk assessment of cutaneous melanoma after a previous cancer was accepted for publication in the December 2011 issue of Archives of Dermatology.

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Classroom Perspectives

Summer 2012 issue

Classroom Perspectives

Two Saturday mornings a month, dozens of people with a variety of health issues come to the Student-Run Free Clinic offered by Case Western Reserve University.
“People start lining up before we’re open,” said Maggie Mooney, a nursing school graduate student and co-clinical coordinator.

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Reversing the Early Signs of Alzheimer’s

Reversing the Early Signs of Alzheimer’s

One of the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease has nothing to do with memory or cognition-it’s the loss of the sense of smell.

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Genetic Cause of Thyroid Cancer

Researchers Discover Genetic Cause of Thyroid Cancer

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have discovered a genetic link to increased risk of thyroid cancer.

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Using Viruses to Fight Cancer

Using Viruses to Fight Cancer

In nature, viruses survive by seeking out and infecting specific cells. Now, School of Medicine scientists are exploring how to use this ability to treat cancer.

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Master Switches for Colon Cancer

Researchers Find Master Switches for Colon Cancer

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have identified a set of master switches that control key genes involved in colon cancer.

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Mutation Helps Keep Malaria Parasites Out

Cellular Mutation Helps Keep Malaria Parasites Out

A mutation on the surface of human red blood cells protects against a common type of malaria, according to researchers from CWRU School of Medicine.

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Kidney Damage in Diabetics

Biomarkers Predict Kidney Damage in Diabetics

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered four biomarkers that could help identify diabetes patients who are at risk for kidney damage.

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Creating a New Myelin Coating

Creating a New Myelin Coating

Using stem cells, scientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found a way to produce new myelin coating on damaged nerves...

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Fossil Provides Evolutionary Insight

Fossil Provides Evolutionary Insight

A partial foot fossil discovered in Ethiopia proves Lucy wasn’t the only ancient human ancestor in the neighborhood 3.4 million years ago.

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Medicaid Recipients Face Shorter Survival

Cancer Drugs Offer New Hope

A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine study shows Ohio cancer patients on Medicaid face shorter survival times than those with private insurance or no insurance at all.

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School of Medicine faculty and students set the standard for medical excellence.

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Major Breakthrough in Alzheimer's Disease

Case Western Reserve Researchers Discover FDA-approved Drug Rapidly Clears Amyloid from the Brain and Reverses Cognitive and Memory Defects.

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