Author: kwm107
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Evaluating Cardiovascular Health in Middle Age
A Northwestern Medicine study research shows people with no major heart disease risk factors in middle age live and stay healthy longer than others.
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Uncovering the Genetic Mechanisms Driving Embryonic Development
A new Northwestern Medicine study, published in Genes and Development, has identified two DNA elements crucial to the activation of a set of genes that drive the early development of embryos.
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Battling Infectious Diseases With 3-D Structures
An international team of scientists, led by Northwestern, has determined the 3-D atomic structure of more than 1,000 proteins that are potential drug and vaccine targets.
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Students and Residents Travel to Support Health Equity and a Diverse Student Body
Feinberg medical students recently traveled to Atlanta, participating in the Student National Medical Association’s annual Medical Education Conference, in order to support health equity efforts and to help recruit a diverse student body.
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Race Ranks Higher Than Pounds in Diabetes, Heart-Health Risks
Americans of South Asian descent are twice as likely as whites to have risks for heart disease, stroke and diabetes, when their weight is in the normal range, according to a recent study.
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Wearable Medical Device Improves Survival for Patients with Glioblastoma
Northwestern medicine scientist have shown how a medical device that delivers alternating electrical fields in addition to traditional chemotherapy can improve survival for patients with glioblastoma.
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SuperAger Brains Shrink More Slowly Than Peers’ Brains
According to a new study, normal agers lost volume in the cortex, which contains neurons, twice as fast as SuperAgers, a rare group of older people whose memories are as sharp as those decades younger.
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Female Menstrual Cycle in a Dish
Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a miniature female reproductive tract that could eventually change the future of research and treatment of diseases in women’s reproductive organs.
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Cancer Drug Investigator to Keynote Research Day
Charles L. Sawyers, MD, chair of the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, will keynote the 13th Annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day on April 6.
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Duke Medical School Dean to Speak at 2017 Commencement
Nancy Andrews, MD, PhD, Dean of Duke University School of Medicine, will deliver the keynote address at Feinberg’s 158th commencement on Monday, May 22.
