Testing advances in epilepsy treatment

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have successfully prevented epileptic seizures in animal models by pre-emptively directing a low-frequency stimulus to the nerve fibers in the brain.
11-Jun-2019 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Drug to Treat Malaria Could Mitigate Hereditary Hearing Loss

The ability to hear depends on proteins to reach the outer membrane of sensory cells in the inner ear. But in certain types of hereditary hearing loss, mutations in the protein prevent it from reaching these membranes.
11-Jun-2019 11:50 AM EDT Add to Favorites

A bean for all seasons?

An Ohio biologist and partners at universities from three different African countries assert that the hardy-but-humble Marama bean could someday rise up as a new alternative crop in the often-arid climates of developing countries, while its drought-...
6-Jun-2019 11:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Key Drug Target Shown Assembling in Real-Time

Over one-third of all FDA-approved drugs act on a specific family of proteins: G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). Drugs to treat high blood pressure, asthma, cancer, diabetes and myriad other conditions target GPCRs throughout the body—but a...
20-May-2019 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Phase Transitions: The Math Behind the Music

Why is music composed according to so many rules? Why do we organize sounds in this way to create music? To address that question, a Cleveland, Ohio, physics professor borrows methods from a related question: ‘How do atoms in a random gas or...
20-May-2019 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Awarded Nearly $9 Million to Expand Access to Clinical Trials

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center has been selected, once again, as a Lead Academic Participating Site by the National Cancer Institute. The renewal comes with a six-year, $8.9 million grant that will enable the center to provide patients with...
17-May-2019 8:50 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Chemotherapy or not?

Case Western Reserve University researchers and partners, including a collaborator at Cleveland Clinic, are pushing the boundaries of how “smart” diagnostic-imaging machines identify cancers—and uncovering clues outside the tumor to tell...
24-Apr-2019 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Pig Experiment Raises Ethical Questions Around Brain Damage

The brain is more resilient than previously thought. In a groundbreaking experiment published in this week’s issue of Nature, neuroscientists created an artificial circulation system that successfully restored some functions and structures in...
18-Apr-2019 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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