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Students Organize Week-long Health Disparities Lecture Series
In recognition of Health Disparities Week, the student-led Health Disparities Task Force ran a program for medical students and faculty offering a week of lunchtime speakers focused on health equity issues.
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Researchers Show How the Immune System Detects Bacteria
Christian Stehlik, PhD, professor of Rheumatology at Feinberg, discovered a protein in macrophage cells that identifies bacterial cell wall components in harmful bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes.
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Bringing Hope, Blankets to Afghan Babies at Risk
Thanks to the quick thinking of a Northwestern Medicine pediatrician, 14,000 silver mylar blankets are headed to Afghanistan to help children in danger of freezing to death.