News
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Timely Pain Treatment Linked to Reduced Hospitalizations for Children with Sickle Cell Disease
A new study has found that prompt administration of opioid pain relief in emergency departments reduces the likelihood of hospitalization for children with sickle cell disease, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Investigating How Tumor-Immune Cell Clusters Drive Cancer Spread
In a pair of studies, investigators from the lab of Huiping Liu, MD, PhD, have uncovered how specific cellular interactions in the bloodstream may be fueling the spread of breast cancer.
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Nation’s First MIRAVA Polyscope Comes to Center for Advanced Microscopy
Feinberg investigators now have access to one of the most advanced super-resolution imaging systems in the world, thanks to the installation of the MIRAVA Polyscope at the Center for Advanced Microscopy.
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Feinberg Scientists Reveal Hidden Dynamics of the Cell’s Smallest Structures
Scientists at Feinberg are reshaping scientific understanding of the cell’s tiniest components—structures once thought to be static, now revealed to be dynamic engines of cellular life.
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Investigating New Treatments for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
A new clinical trial has revealed encouraging results for a muscle-targeting therapy aimed at improving motor function in children and adolescents with spinal muscular atrophy, according to a study published in The Lancet Neurology.
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Celebrating Scientific Discovery and Collaboration at Research Day 2025
Feinberg students, staff, trainees and faculty celebrated scientific discoveries and presented their research posters and abstracts at Feinberg’s 19th annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day on Thursday, Sept. 11.
Media Coverage
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CBS Chicago
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Osher Center at Northwestern Medicine to host fundraiser focused on food as medicine
Osher Center executive director Dr. Melinda Ring said there are many ways that food impacts all of our lives and health. She explained to Suzanne Le Mignot what using food as medicine looks like.
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Chicago Sun-Times
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Gov. JB Pritzker signs executive order to protect COVID-19 vaccine access under RFK Jr.
Dr. Larry Kociolek, professor of pediatrics at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, said the governor’s order will establish a state-endorsed standard of care that will likely make it more favorable for doctors to be able to prescribe the COVID-19 vaccine to more people.
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Fox Chicago
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Chicago researchers highlight racial disparities in heart failure study
A new Northwestern Medicine study shows Black adults face heart failure nearly 14 years earlier than white patients, with researchers pointing to economic and social factors as key drivers of the gap. Xiaoning Huang, PhD, and Lucia Petito, PhD, discussed the results of the study
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US News & World Report
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Kids with High BP May Face Risk of Early Heart Disease Death as Adults
The study is the first to examine the impact of both systolic and diastolic blood pressure in childhood on the long-term risk of heart-related death across a diverse group of children. Systolic blood pressure, the top number in a blood pressure reading, is the force exerted in arteries while the heart is beating. Diastolic pressure…
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Fox News
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Harmless’ virus found lurking in Parkinson’s patients’ brains, new study shows
Northwestern Medicine scientists discovered Human Pegivirus (HPgV) in the brains and spinal fluid of people with Parkinson’s, but not in those without the disease. The results challenge decades of assumptions about the virus. “HPgV is a common, symptomless infection previously not known to frequently infect the brain,” Dr. Igor Koralnik, chief of neuroinfectious diseases at…
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The Washington Post
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5 warning signs of a heart attack, according to cardiologists
Heart attacks occur when blood flow to the heart stops or slows, often because a plaque rupture causes a blood clot that blocks a coronary artery, cardiologists say. “When someone tells me their chest is aching, that elevates my concern,” said Clyde Yancy, MD chief of cardiology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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