News
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2024 Year in Review
Feinberg experienced a year of stellar growth and scientific achievement in 2024, from honors and awards to unprecedented research discoveries.
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Unravelling the Mysteries of Calcium Channel Regulation
Scientists have uncovered new insights into the molecular players behind calcium channel regulation, a biological process that coordinates a wide array of physiological responses, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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2024 in Scientific Imagery
From probing the human brain to elucidating mechanisms behind cellular responses, Feinberg investigators have provided stunning new snapshots of biological processes invisible to the naked eye.
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Active Surveillance of Prostate Cancer On the Rise
The use of active surveillance and watchful waiting increased from 13.2 percent in 2010 to 53.8 percent in 2020 among patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer, according to a recent study published in JAMA.
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How Your Breathing Coordinates Brain Rhythms During Sleep
For the first time in humans, breathing rhythms during sleep have been linked to hippocampal brain waves that strengthen memory consolidation, according to a recent Northwestern study.
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Study Shows Diabetes Drug Lowers Blood Sugar by Interfering With Mitochondria
A new study has provided direct evidence in mice that the drug reversibly cuts the cell’s energy supply by interfering with mitochondria to lower glucose levels.
Media Coverage
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Fox 32 Chicago
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Heart attacks spike during the holidays. A Chicago doctor explains why
Heart attacks and strokes tend to surge during the last two weeks of December, and it’s important to be aware of the risks, according to one Northwestern Medicine cardiologist. “Cold temperatures cause blood vessels to constrict, which raises blood pressure and makes the heart work harder to pump blood,” said Patricia Vassallo, MD, associate professor…
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WGN Chicago
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College student beats the odds, celebrates Christmas with new heart after surgery
Christmas at home — it’s an extra special gift for a college student this year, who made a remarkable recovery after undergoing a life-saving surgery. 20-year-old Korey Meyers has a lot to be grateful for this Christmas. Not long after successfully undergoing surgery for a heart transplant at Northwestern Medicine’s Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, he was…
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Yahoo! News
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Heart attacks spike every Christmas. How cold weather, big meals — and yes, family gatherings — raise risks.
It’s no secret that heart attacks are more common around the holidays. Studies like this one from the American Heart Association (AHA), consistently find that more people in the U.S. have and die from heart attacks on Christmas Day than on any other day of the year. The yearly spike is often blamed on holiday…
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Crain’s Chicago Business
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Northwestern scientists unlock cellular secrets of diabetes drug metformin
Before the explosive popularity of GLP-1 weight loss drugs, another “wonder drug,” metformin, has been at work lowering blood sugar levels for patients with Type 2 diabetes for decades, but scientists did not really know how, exactly, it works — until now, according to Northwestern Medicine. Millions of people take metformin, shown to work on…
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Health.com
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People With Endometriosis May Have Higher Risk of Stroke
Research suggests that people with endometriosis may have a higher risk of stroke. More than 11% of people with female anatomy in the United States are believed to have endometriosis. The potentially higher risk of stroke for people with endometriosis may influence how the disease is treated. A 2022 study found that women with endometriosis…
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WebMD
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For Happier Holidays, Set Your Expectations – and Breathe
The holiday season is upon us, and with it, a flurry of activities and obligations. There are gifts to buy, parties to attend, cookies to bake, latkes to fry, and families to entertain. The stress can be relentless, and expectations can be off the charts. The solution lies not just in what you think about,…
Events
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FCVRRI Research in Progress Seminar – Pan Liu, PhD
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Alzheimer’s Disease Seminar Series – Eran Dayan, PhD
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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Renal Grand Rounds – Erica Davis, PhD
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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BMG Seminar: Danesh Moazed, PhD, Harvard Medical School and HHMI Investigator
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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Distinguished Lecturers in Life Sciences: Spatially resolved single-cell genomics and cell atlas of the brain | Dr. Xiaowei Zhuang | Tuesday, December 17th | 3:30 pm
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
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SQLIFTS Distinguished Scientist Lecture Series – Dr. Maryam Valapour, MD, MPP (Speaker) – “The Science Behind the U.S. Donor Lung Allocation System”
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Breakthroughs Podcast
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Faculty and Awards
Student Awards
See how Feinberg students have been recognized for their extraordinary achievements in the clinic, laboratory and community. For more information, visit our Student Awards page.
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