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  • Illustration of Borrelia bacteria, which causes Lyme disease, a tick-borne illness.

    Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome May Be Driven by Remnants of Infection

    A new Northwestern study may explain why the body may continue to respond to an invisible threat long after bacterial death in Lyme disease.

  • Allen Heinemann, PhD, professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and director of the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research at Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, received Feinberg’s 2025 Mentor of the Year award

    Heinemann Receives 2025 Mentor of the Year Award

    Feinberg’s Medical Faculty Council honored Allen Heinemann, PhD, the recipient of the 2025 Mentor of the Year award at a virtual and in-person workshop on May 5.

  • Novel Mechanisms Help Lethal Bacteria Recognize and Infect Cells

    Scientists led by Karla Satchell, PhD, have discovered previously unknown molecular mechanisms that help a type of foodborne bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus recognize host cells and initiate infection, according to a recent study published in Science Advances.