October 1, 2002 Contact: Megan Fellman at (847) 491-3115 or at fellman@northwestern.edu Key Discovery in Neurodegenerative Diseases EVANSTON, ILL.— Northwestern University scientists have made a key molecular discovery that has implications for a wide range of diseases characterized by the loss of nerve function, including Huntington’s, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and Lou Gehrig’s diseases, cystic fibrosis, and…

October 1, 2002 New Protease Inhibitor Suppresses HIV Levels SAN DIEGO— A study from The Feinberg School of Medicine has shown that the protease inhibitor lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra®) suppressed HIV to undetectable levels and was well tolerated through four years of treatment in patients who had not previously received antiretroviral therapy. To date in the Kaletra®…

September 30, 2002 Albrecht-Buehler Elected to European Academy CHICAGO— Guenter Albrecht-Buehler, Robert Laughlin Rea Professor of Anatomy and professor of cell and molecular biology at The Feinberg School of Medicine, has been elected a member of the European Academy of Sciences. Dr. Albrecht-Buehler was elected to the academy based on his “outstanding and lasting contribution…