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Astronaut-Physician Continues Research Here
December 13, 2005 Astronaut-Physician Continues Research at Northwestern CHICAGO—In May 2004 Northwestern University orthopaedic surgeon Robert L. (Bobby) Satcher, MD, PhD, was one of two physicians selected for NASA’s 2004 astronaut class. The 11-member group began training last summer at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. A specialist in child and adult bone cancer, Dr.[…]
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Alum Thomas Starzl to Receive National Medal of Science
Alum Thomas Starzl to Receive National Medal of Science Feinberg School alumnus and internationally renown transplant surgeon Thomas E. Starzl, MD, PhD, will receive the National Medal of Science at a White House ceremony February 13. The nation’s highest scientific honor, the National Medal of Science is bestowed annually by the President of the United[…]
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Stem Cell Microenvironment Reverses Malignant Melanoma
November 21, 2005 Stem Cell Microenvironment Reverses Malignant MelanomaCHICAGO—Northwestern University researchers have demonstrated how the microenvironments of two human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines (federally approved) induced metastatic melanoma cells to revert to a normal, skin cell-like type with the ability to form colonies similar to hESCs. The researchers also showed that these melanoma cells[…]