Author: medweb
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Neon Exposes Hidden ALS Cells, Helps Scientists Study Why They Die
In a new preclinical study, a Northwestern Medicine® scientist has isolated the motor neurons in the brain that die in ALS and, for the first time, dressed them in a green fluorescent jacket. As a result, scientists will now be able to track what goes wrong in these cells to cause their deaths and be…
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New Study Finds Digoxin Safe Despite Recent Reports
A Northwestern Medicine® and University of Alabama study published recently in the European Heart Journal found no evidence that digoxin increases mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the opposite of results just published by another group in the same journal analyzing the same data.
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Building a Human Kidney
Within the next few decades, getting a new kidney could be as simple as having a doctor order an engineered organ that will be developed in the laboratory with a patient’s own cells. Delivery could take a few months and, theoretically, a patient might not need immunosuppressant drugs because his body would recognize the kidney…
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Personalizing Prostate Cancer Screening
With the help of genetics, prostate specific antigen (PSA) screenings may become more accurate and reduce the number of unnecessary prostate biopsies.
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Success Spurs Expansion of ‘Neighbor Carts’ Program
A Northwestern Medicine® study has found Chicago’s Neighbor Carts pilot program last year was profitable for the vendors selling fresh produce and a boon for customers buying fruit, vegetables, and nuts. It was so successful, in fact, that this year the program will expand from eight to 30 carts, with new ones rolling out this…
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Students Support Local Charities with Annual Fusion Show
Showcasing the cultural diversity of the student body through song, dance, and artistic performance, Fusion 2013 included 13 acts. The event, held April 20, benefited five local charities.
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Alumni Return to Greet Old Friends, See Evolving Campus
More than 600 alumni, guests, faculty, and students took part in the annual celebration of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine graduates.
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Physical Therapy Students Celebrate Graduation
Part of the longest continually accredited physical therapy school in the nation, 74 Feinberg PT students graduated on Saturday, April 20, after three years of classroom and clinical instruction.
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Narahashi, Founding Father of Modern Pharmacology, Remembered for Six Decades of Research
Colleagues remember Toshio Narahashi, PhD, John Evans Professor of Pharmacology, for his contributions to the field and his dedication to mentoring.
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Haiti Cholera Strain Evolves
The cholera strain that transferred to Haiti in 2010 has multiple toxin gene mutations that may account for the severity of disease and is evolving to be more like an 1800s version of cholera, reports a new Northwestern Medicine® study.
