Stem Cells Reset Immune Systems in Diabetes Dr. Richard Burt The majority of patients with Type 1 diabetes who underwent transplantation with their own stem cells to reset their immune systems became insulin free, several for more than three years. Richard Burt, MD, coauthor of the study and associate professor of medicine at the Northwestern[…]

Dr. Hendrix Testifies Before Congressional Committee Dr. Mary Hendrix The unpredictable nature of science makes it nearly impossible to know which new discoveries gained through basic research will lead to the next important medical advancement. Mary J.C. Hendrix, PhD, professor of cancer biology at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, says[…]

Dean J. Larry Jameson Challenges and Opportunities for the Feinberg School VIEW VIDEO Drawing parallels between the nation’s and the medical school’s economic challenges and the opportunities they present, Dean J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, vice president for medical affairs and Lewis Landsberg Dean of the Feinberg School of Medicine welcomed a standing–room–only crowd to[…]