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Peanut Allergy Turned Off by Tricking Immune System
Peanut Allergy Turned Off by Tricking Immune System Researchers have turned off a life-threatening allergic response to peanuts by tricking the immune system into thinking the nut proteins aren’t a threat to the body, according to a new preclinical study from Northwestern Medicine. The peanut tolerance was achieved by attaching peanut proteins onto blood cells…
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Feinberg Personnel Pivotal to Chicago Marathon Medical Safety
Feinberg Personnel Pivotal to Chicago Marathon Medical Safety Northwestern medical volunteers David Salzman, MD ’05, GME ’09, a fellow in the Feinberg Simulation Technology and Immersive Learning center, and Kelly Williamson, MD, GME ’11, a recent graduate from the Emergency Medicine residency program, at the 2008 Chicago Marathon. The Chicago Marathon is the largest sporting…
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Sheldon Miller, MD Obituary
Remembering Professor Emeritus and Former Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Sheldon Miller, MD Sheldon Miller, MD, professor emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2011, at the age of 73. He served as the chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences…