Poxvirus Yields New Insights into Protein Synthesis
Northwestern Medicine scientists studied a poxvirus and demonstrated that ribosomes can selectively control the process of protein synthesis known as translation.
New Cancer Drug Can Prevent Reactions to Common Airborne Allergens
A cancer drug for certain types of leukemia and lymphoma can also prevent reactions to some of the most common airborne allergies, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine study.
Student and Resident Receive AMA Excellence in Medicine Awards
Quentin Youmans, MD, a second-year resident in internal medicine, received the Leadership Award, and Elsy Compres, a second-year medical student, received the Minority Scholars Award from the American Medical Association Foundation.
Mechanism Behind Insensitivity to Pain Discovered
A new study explains how mutations in a sodium channel can lead to a disorder causing insensitivity to pain.
Scientists Discover Cause of Deadly Syndrome After Lung Transplantation
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered the mechanism that drives primary lung allograft dysfunction, the leading cause of death after lung transplantation.
Faculty Elected to Prominent Medical Societies
Three faculty members were recently inducted into two prestigious organizations, the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians.
Media Coverage
Premature babies often catch up to peers in school: study
A study following more than 1.3 million premature babies born in Florida found that two-thirds of those born at only 23 or 24 weeks were ready for kindergarten on time, and almost 2 percent of those infants later achieved gifted status in school. “What excites me about this study is that it changes the focus for the clinician and families at the bedside from just focusing on the medical outcomes of the child to what the future educational outcomes might be for a child born early,” Craig Garfield, the first author of the study and an associate professor of pediatrics and medial social sciences at Northwestern Medicine, said in a statement.
Doctor depression, suicide slowly coming out of shadows
Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine last year tapped a psychiatrist to launch a confidential, 24-hour hotline solely for residents and fellows at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. A hospital-wide peer support program also is in the works, said Dr. Joan Anzia , residency program director for the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Anzia said doctors often experience that “secondary trauma,” but instead of talking about it, “you tough it out. You don’t share with others when you don’t feel adequate. … It’s a culture of medicine of needing to be the team leader, of not showing vulnerability, of having to be strong for the patient and the team.
3-D Printed Ovaries Are Helping Mice to Get Pregnant
“What happens with some of our cancer patients is that their ovaries don’t function at a high enough level and they need to use hormone replacement therapies in order to trigger puberty,” said Dr. Monica Loranda , a co-lead author of the study.
3-D printed ovary allows infertile mouse to mate and give birth
A new era of regenerative medicine could be on the horizon. A 3-D printed ovary allowed an infertile mouse to naturally mate and then go on to give birth to two pups of their own, according to new research published Tuesday in Nature Communications. The 3-D printed bioprosthetic ovary, as it’s termed, is “the holy grail of bioengineering for regenerative medicine,” said Teresa K. Woodruff ,, a reproductive scientist and director of the Women’s Health Research Institute at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.