A new study suggests a toxin responsible for seafood-associated sepsis and necrotizing fasciitis may have the ability to treat cancer by destroying the protein Ras.
Month: June 2015
A new study reveals the biochemical mechanisms underlying kidney hypertrophy. The findings were published in a paper coauthored by Eric G. Neilson, MD, vice president for Medical Affairs and Lewis Landsberg Dean.
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands visited Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine on June 3 to announce research collaborations between Northwestern and three Dutch universities, focused on the study of healthy aging.
For three graduates of Feinberg’s Class of 2015, this year’s commencement marked both the completion of their medical degrees, and the beginning of their careers as physicians in the United States armed forces.
A protein called Oncostatin M (OSM) may compromise the airway’s epithelial barrier, a wall of cells that blocks pathogens, environmental factors and allergens from entering tissue.
Enrollees in Feinberg’s Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) program developed research projects including a yoga intervention for patients with Parkinson’s disease and a cardiovascular risk assessment for cholesterol guidelines.
Six Feinberg medical school students dreamt of starting their own global health nonprofit, which came to fruition as the Life is Great (LIG) Global Foundation.
The impossible is possible when cancer survivors are monitored by medical professionals who know their specialized needs.