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Home » Archives for October 2023

Month: October 2023

Campus News
Oct 31, 2023

Clements Receives AAFP Family Medicine Award

Deborah Clements, MD, the chair and the Nancy and Warren Furey Professor of Family and Community Medicine, has been honored with the American Academy of Family Physicians’ Thomas W. Johnson Award for her significant contributions to family medicine education.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Oct 30, 2023

Improving Nanotherapeutic Vaccine Delivery

Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a more effective way of creating nanotherapeutic vaccines and medicines, according to a study published in ACS Nano.

Campus News
Oct 27, 2023

New $24 Million Grant to Measure Child Health Outcomes

Northwestern University has been awarded a $24 million grant to standardize measurement tools used to evaluate childhood health nationwide as part of the National Institutes of Health Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program.

Disease Discoveries
Oct 26, 2023

Study Identifies Genetic Cause for Some Brain Tumors

Scientists have uncovered a genetic explanation for a subset of common brain tumors, according to a study published in Nature Communications.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Oct 25, 2023

Developing New Approaches for Spinal Cord Injury

Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a molecular “scaffold” capable of enhancing electrical activity and growth in neurons, which may prove useful in treating spinal cord injuries, per results published in ACS Nano.

Scientific Advances
Oct 24, 2023

Identifying Molecular Culprits Underlying Organ Rejection

Investigators have identified how bacterial infection can alter immune response to precipitate organ rejection in mice, findings which may prove useful for improving transplant tolerance in humans, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Disease Discoveries
Oct 23, 2023

Mutations in 11 Genes Linked to Deadly Prostate Cancer

Scientists have linked mutations in 11 genes with aggressive prostate cancer, according to the largest-ever study of its kind recently published in JAMA Oncology.

Scientific Advances
Oct 20, 2023

Study Discovers New Subset of Retinal Neurons Impacting Vision  

Investigators have discovered a new subtype of interneurons in the retina that allows the eye to see and identify objects better in both the light and in the dark, dismantling previous notions about the inner workings of the retina, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.

Disease Discoveries
Oct 19, 2023

Combining Immunotherapy and Radiation in Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Combining immunotherapy with radiation may be a promising treatment option for patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma, according to the results of a Northwestern Medicine clinical trial published in JAMA Oncology.

Disease Discoveries
Oct 18, 2023

Protein-Like Polymers Illuminate the Path to Macular Degeneration Treatment

A new Northwestern study details the use of protein-like polymers to potentially combat neovascular age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness.

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