Year: 2021
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How Herpes Checks Into the Nervous System for Life
A new Northwestern Medicine study has uncovered herpes’ sneaky strategy for infecting the nervous system, opening a path to long-needed vaccine development for the virus.
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Northwestern Receives Grant to Support Equity in Biomedicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has been awarded a $550,000 grant to support the retention of early-career clinician investigators experiencing family caregiving challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Drug May Improve Cardiac Function in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Valsartan, an angiotensin II receptor blocker drug, delayed disease progression and improved cardiac structure and function in patients with early-stage hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, according to a recent clinical trial.
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Neurobiologists Identify a New Gene Important for Healthy Daily Rhythms
A recent study identified a gene that is critical for daily behavioral rhythms, involved in a molecular pathway by which the core circadian clock controls daily sleep-wake cycles.
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Inge Joins Lurie Children’s Hospital as Surgeon-in-Chief
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has recruited an internationally recognized surgeon-scientist, Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD, as the hospital’s next surgeon-in-chief.
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New Insights into Cell Polarity
A previously unknown mechanism involving the protein Scribble helps maintain polarity in cells, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.
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‘Dancing Molecules’ Successfully Repair Severe Spinal Cord Injuries
A new injectable therapy harnesses “dancing molecules” to reverse paralysis and repair tissue after severe spinal cord injuries, allowing animal subjects to regain the ability to walk.
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Students Practice Ophthalmology Surgical Techniques
The student-led Ophthalmology Interest Group recently held a suturing workshop, offering Feinberg students the opportunity to practice surgical techniques on mock organs.
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Study Shows Epigenetic Modification is Central for Tumor Metastasis
Fatty acid uptake produces an epigenetic modification that is required for cancer metastasis, according to a study published in Nature.
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Second-year Students Present AOSC Projects
Second-year medical students presented Area of Scholarly Concentration (AOSC) research projects during a virtual session held November 5.
