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The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Cancer drug’s inner workings help explain why some patients don’t clot

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter October 3, 2014

What if you were given chemotherapy drugs to fight cancer, but knew that those drugs could increase the likelihood of blood clots? A recent five-year long study by Dr. Lalitha Nayak of University Hospitals...

Researcher studies effects of HIV on the immune system

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter September 26, 2014

Alan D. Levine studied physics in graduate school and never took a biology class, but now, he is investigating the effects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections. Levine was the senior author...

Researcher identifies gene that causes rare brain disease

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter September 12, 2014

It’s rare to find a complete explanation for what causes a disease, but, in some fortunate cases, researchers can identify a gene that contributes to the progression of the disease. Chair of the Department...

Weatherhead researcher publishes book on business and society

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter September 5, 2014

Dr. Chris Laszlo of the Weatherhead School of Management recently published a book, “Flourishing Enterprise: The New Spirit of Business,” showing that if businesses play a more positive role in society,...

Spotlight on Research

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter August 29, 2014

Researcher writes on proposed changes to participant consent regulations Participants are one of the basic necessities in any research study, but their contribution would be impossible without the government-civilian...

Cognitive science researcher studies how to mentor others

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter April 18, 2014

Dr. Anthony Jack, an associate professor of cognitive science, psychology and philosophy, is trying to find out what makes a mentor a mentor. Jack recently released a collaborative review paper on research...

Researcher finds fungus that could lead to cure for mouth infection

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter March 28, 2014

Dr. Mahmoud A. Ghannoum, the director of Medical Mycology at University Hospitals Case Medical Center wants to fight fire with fire. More specifically, a fungus with a fungus. The researcher has been...

Researcher finds biological mechanisms behind deadly type of breast cancer

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter February 28, 2014

Cancer is one of the toughest diseases to research, but recently Dr. William Schiemann identified critical mechanisms that allow for a deadly type-negative breast cancer to form. Schiemann was interested...

Fourth-year applied mathematics and biochemistry double major Ali Azeem

Student researcher examines chaperone protein using NMR, mathematical software

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter January 24, 2014

Most people think that biological research must involve using instruments such as microscopes and test tubes, but one student researcher is using mathematical computations to study biology. Ali Azeem,...

Ph. D. candidate Olivia Corradin’s lab focuces on the impact the 98 percent of DNA that isn’t in genes has on controlling genetic expression.

Graduate student identifies new way of understanding genetic influence on common autoimmune diseases

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter January 17, 2014

While many students on campus are just beginning their research, one who is about to leave recently made an important discovery. Olivia Corradin, a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Medicine, discovered...

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