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Dec 26, 2022The 10 biggest scientific breakthroughs of 2022

The Atlantic

Dec 9, 2022Breakthroughs of the Year 2022

The Guardian

Aug 3, 2022Scientists create world’s first ‘synthetic embryos’

Stat

Aug 1, 2022Synthetic mouse embryos created from stem cells

WKYC

Feb 14, 2022Case Western Reserve University faculty elected as 2022 Senior Members of National Academy of Inventors

Crain's Cleveland Business

Jan 25, 2022CWRU grants exclusive license to Ionis Pharmaceuticals to advance therapy for rare childhood disorder

Case Western Reserve University

Jan 25, 2022Case Western Reserve University grants exclusive license to Ionis Pharmaceuticals to advance antisense therapy for Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease

Air Talk

Apr 7, 2021Implication Of New Research That Grew Mouse Embryos In Artificial Womb

The New York Times

Mar 17, 2021Scientists Grow Mouse Embryos in a Mechanical Womb

HHMI

Feb 18, 2021HHMI Commits $30 Million to Increase Diversity in Science with 21 Hanna Gray Fellows

Neurology Today

Jan 21, 2021The News That Mattered in 2020

Yahoo! Finance

Jan 12, 2021Open Book Extracts and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Announce Research Agreement for Novel Rare Cannabinoid Therapeutics

The Morning Journal

Oct 4, 2020Family devoted to patient advocacy with rare disease foundation

GEN

Jul 2, 2020New Method for Treating Myelin Disorders Discovered

Endpoints News

Jul 1, 2020Ionis, leading MS researcher throw antisense at a new type of brain cells

Neurology Today

Aug 20, 2020Antisense Oligonucleotides Restore Function in Mouse Model of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease

Crain's Cleveland Business

Jul 1, 2020CWRU-led team develops new approach to treat certain neurological diseases

Nature Reviews

Jul 6, 2020ASO rescues Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease

Science Daily

Jul 1, 2020New approach to treating certain neurological diseases

Case Western Reserve University

Jul 1, 2020Case Western Reserve University-led team develops new approach to treat certain neurological diseases

NYSCF

Jul 14, 2020For Children With a Rare Neurological Disease, a First-Ever Treatment May be on the Horizon

Ideastream

Jul 1, 2020CWRU Researchers Identify Promising Treatment For Rare Genetic Disease

News Wise

Jul 1, 2020Case Western Reserve University-led team develops new approach to treat certain neurological diseases

Medical Xpress

Jul 1, 2020Research finds new approach to treating certain neurological diseases

News Medical

Jul 1, 2020Researchers develop a potential treatment approach for Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease

Multiple Sclerosis News Today

Apr 8, 2020Small Changes in Genes May Affect Myelin Production, Study Suggests

Medical Xpress

Apr 6, 2020New insights into the genetic risk factors and disease pathways of multiple sclerosis

Oct 21, 2019Regenerative Medicine Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis By Product (Primary Cell-based, Stem & Progenitor Cell-based), By Therapeutic Category (Dermatology, Oncology) And Segment Forecasts

CBC

Oct 4, 2019We're making tiny brains in the lab — should we be worried for them?

Case Western Reserve University

Sep 3, 2019Origins of a budding biotech: Research duo develops stem cell insights to launch a new company

Crain's Cleveland Business

Jul 25, 2018Convelo Therapeutics, founded on discoveries made at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, launches publicly

Business Wire

Jul 25, 2018Convelo Therapeutics to Develop New Regenerative Medicines for Neurological Disease Characterized by Loss of Myelin

UPI

Jul 25, 2018Scientists find possible method for repair of cell damage from MS

Eurekalert!

Jul 25, 2018A new milestone in laboratory grown human brain tissue

Breitbart

Jul 25, 2018Scientists find possible method for repair of cell damage from MS

Case Western Reserve University

Jul 25, 2018A new roadmap for repairing the damage of multiple sclerosis

Case Western Reserve University

May 10, 2018Coming full circle: Medicine’s Paul Tesar receives Diekhoff Award for Mentoring after being a CWRU mentee years ago

BSDB

Apr 16, 2018Richard Gardner is the 2018 BSDB Waddington Medal winner

Case Western Reserve University

Oct 24, 2017Case Western Reserve’s Paul Tesar selected to receive New York Stem Cell Foundation Robertson Stem Cell Prize

Medical Capital

Oct 24, 2017Case Western Reserve’s Paul Tesar Selected to Receive New York Stem Cell Foundation Robertson Stem Cell Prize

Case Western Reserve University

Sep 5, 2017When identifying potential drug targets, location matters for tumors, too

Science Daily

Jul 5, 2017New brain cancer drug targets revealed

ISSCR

Apr 17, 2017Stimulating The Body's Stem Cells to Treat Multiple Sclerosis

GEN

Mar 31, 2017New Stem Cell Screening Platform Opens Door to Novel Ways to Treat Neuro Diseases

Cleveland Foundation

Feb 16, 2017Behind the Grant: Cleveland Brain Health Initiative

Gizmodo

Jan 26, 2017Human-Pig Chimeras Suggest a Long Road to Organ Farming

MDMAG

Jun 23, 2015Reversing Multiple Sclerosis Damage with Topical Medications

naturejobs.com

Jun 17, 2015Turning point: Paul Tesar

Neurology Today

May 21, 2015Two Topical Drugs Found to Promote Functional Remyelination in Cellular Models of Multiple Sclerosis

Naure

May 6, 2015Scientists stumble across unknown stem-cell type

The Naked Scientists

Apr 27, 2015Drugs repair damage from MS

CIRM

Apr 24, 2015Stem cell stories that caught our eye: multiple sclerosis, virus genes in embryos and preventing cancer’s spread to the brain

Science Daily

Apr 22, 2015Researchers discover new drugs to combat the root cause of multiple sclerosis

Daily Mail

Apr 21, 2015Creams used to treat athlete's foot and eczema 'could REVERSE multiple sclerosis'

Medical News Today

Apr 21, 2015Athlete's foot, eczema drugs could reverse MS, study finds

Tech Times

Apr 21, 2015Creams For Eczema And Athlete's Foot Can Reverse Multiple Sclerosis

Science Daily

Apr 20, 2015Drugs stimulate body’s own stem cells to replace the brain cells lost in multiple sclerosis

Scientific American

Apr 20, 2015Could a Non-Prescription Antifungal Become a Major Advance for Multiple Sclerosis?

The Telegraph

Apr 20, 2015Common athlete’s foot cream ‘could reverse multiple sclerosis’

BBC News

Apr 20, 2015Athlete's foot drug may be MS therapy

Ideastream

Apr 20, 2015Drugs Used To Treat Skin Infections Shows Promise For Use In Patients With MS

NIH

Apr 20, 2015Drugs that activate brain stem cells may reverse multiple sclerosis

Cleveland.com

Apr 23, 2015Cleveland Clinic, CWRU researchers honored for work in fields of prostate cancer, stem cells

Neurology Today

Sep 4, 2014Myelinating Oligodendrocytes Derived from Primary Progressive MS Patients Scientists Developed Faster, More Efficient Methodology

The Stem Cell Podcast

Jul 7, 2014Novel Enhancers Featuring Dr. Paul Tesar

Momentum

Oct 1, 2013New hope for repairing myelin damage in MS

Neurology Today

Jun 6, 2013Novel Technique Generates Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells

SciBX

May 16, 2013Myelination gets direct

MSDF

May 10, 2013The Oligodendrocyte Whisperer

WKSU

Apr 22, 2013Exploradio: Cellular alchemy turns skin into brain cells

Popular Science

Apr 16, 2013Mice Skin Cells Transformed Into Brain Cells

SciTechDaliy

Apr 15, 2013New Technique Converts Skin Cells into Functional Brain Cells

CBS News

Apr 15, 2013Study: New process converts skin cells into brain cells

Science Daily

Apr 14, 2013Ordinary skin cells morphed into functional brain cells

Cleveland.com

Apr 14, 2013Case Western Reserve team finds way to convert skin cells to brain cells destroyed by cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis

USA Today

Jan 24, 2012Stem cell blindness treatment study reaction roundup

Nature Methods

Oct 28, 2011Pure oligodendrocyte populations can be made without cell sorting

Nature Methods

Aug 1, 2007Of very young mice and men

Science Daily

Jul 2, 2007Scientists Identify A Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell More Like Our Own

NPR

Jun 29, 2007Scientists Derive New Type of Embryonic Stem Cell

NIH

Jun 28, 2007Scientists Identify a Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell More Like Our Own