Author: kwm107
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Bacterial Sepsis Protein May Inhibit Cancer Cell Growth
A new study suggests a toxin responsible for seafood-associated sepsis and necrotizing fasciitis may have the ability to treat cancer by destroying the protein Ras.
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Signaling Pathways Explain Kidney Growth
A new study reveals the biochemical mechanisms underlying kidney hypertrophy. The findings were published in a paper coauthored by Eric G. Neilson, MD, vice president for Medical Affairs and Lewis Landsberg Dean.
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Feinberg Welcomes Dutch King and Queen to Campus
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands visited Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine on June 3 to announce research collaborations between Northwestern and three Dutch universities, focused on the study of healthy aging.
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Feinberg Students on the Path to Becoming Military Physicians
For three graduates of Feinberg’s Class of 2015, this year’s commencement marked both the completion of their medical degrees, and the beginning of their careers as physicians in the United States armed forces.
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Trainees Broaden Clinical Research Skills
Enrollees in Feinberg’s Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) program developed research projects including a yoga intervention for patients with Parkinson’s disease and a cardiovascular risk assessment for cholesterol guidelines.
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Protecting Women From Multiple Sclerosis
A new study that examines the role of white blood cells called innate lymphoid cells may offer insight into why women are more likely than men to develop autoimmune diseases including multiple sclerosis.
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Northwestern Start-up Awarded I-Corps Grant
A team of Northwestern University students and faculty launched a start-up, Opticent Health, which recently received an award from the National Science Foundation to bring their technology innovation to the market.
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HIV’s Sweet Tooth Is Its Downfall
A study shows that an experimental compound has promise for attacking HIV via a new route – cutting off the virus’s pipeline of sugar and nutrients.
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Shanley Named Chair of Pediatrics
Thomas Shanley, MD, a national leader in pediatric intensive care, has been appointed chair of the department of Pediatrics at Feinberg and chairman of the Department of Medicine at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
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Promoting Stem Cells to Repair Neurons in Multiple Sclerosis
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified two drugs that stimulate stem cells in the central nervous system with the potential to repair the protective coating around neurons damaged in multiple sclerosis.
