May 1996 Features

TELEVISION NEWS FEATURES

from the CWRU-TV News Service (May 1996)

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GREAT LAKES COMPUTER MODELS (2:09) -- Ben Hobbs, a Case Western Reserve Univerity professor, shows off his environmental computer models of the Great Lakes. The models keep a continuous record of regional conditions, allowing planners to allocate conservation project dollars more wisely.

SOT#1: Ben Hobbs, CWRU professor of Systems and Civil Engineeering

GENETICALLY LOWERING CHOLESTEROL (2:24) -- Medical researchers at Case Western Reserve University have successfully used DNA therapy to lower dangerous levels of harmful LDL cholesterol in lab studies. Dr. Richard Hanson, leader of the research, says DNA could be delivered like a drug to treat a variety of human health conditions in the near future.

SOT#1: Jose Carlos Perales, CWRU genetics researcher

SOT#2: Dr. Richard Hanson, CWRU Chairman and Professor of Biochemistry

FREE-WHEELING ROBOTS (1:49) -- In the arena of advanced engineering, students at Case Western Reserve recently took to the ring with robots designed to fight for and collect the most eggs. The competition was created by professors to sharpen the skills of students who will be designing tomorrow's self-thinking, autonomous robots.

SOT#1: Hillel Chiel, CWRU Associate Professor of Biology

SOT#2: Randy Beer, CWRU Asst. Prof., Computer Engineering & Science

ALZHEIMER'S GENDER DIFFERENCE (1:46) -- A Case Western Reserve University study has found that elderly women with Alzheimer's Disease lose language skills more profoundly than men as the disease progresses, but that the problem goes mostly undetedted because current tests do not account for differences in gender.

SOT: Danielle Ripich, CWRU Prof., Communication Sciences

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Biological bandages
Apnea discovery
Choosing day care
Day-care burnout

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