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Diluted Bleach Is New Treatment for Kids’ Eczema Dr. Amy Paller It’s best known for whitening a load of laundry. But now simple household bleach has a surprising new role: an effective treatment for kids’ chronic eczema. Chronic, severe eczema can mar a childhood. The skin disorder starts with red, itchy, inflamed skin that often[…]

Saturday Academy Is TV Feature Oncofertility—the intersection of oncology and reproductive medicine—is a new, rapidly advancing field. WGN-TV recently featured the Feinberg School’s Oncofertility Saturday Academy, a two-year science program offered in conjunction with the Young Women’s Leadership Charter School of Chicago focused on exposing young minority women to careers in science. The academy is[…]

Feinberg School Moves Ahead in Med School Rankings The Feinberg School of Medicine jumped one coveted space ahead from 20th to 19th in the U.S. News & World Report rankings for 2010. Rankings are based on five categories that can be classified into two areas: the opinion of experts (deans, program directors, and senior faculty[…]

WGN Radio Talks with Alum/Astronaut Michael Barratt Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 19 commander (center), NASA astronaut Michael Barratt (left), and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata With the purple and white sesquicentennial banner tucked away in his official flight kit, Feinberg School alum Michael Barratt, MD, and Expedition 19 crewmates arrived safely aboard the[…]

Online System Tracks Surgical Complications Dr. Karl Bilimoria An online reporting system designed by Karl Y. Bilimoria, MD, MS and colleagues at the Feinberg School of Medicine helped clinicians track surgical complications and detect patterns of adverse events. The results of a two-year trial appeared in the April issue of the Archives of Surgery. Complications[…]

Dr. Vassar Receives Prize for Alzheimer’s Research Dr. Robert Vassar Robert J. Vassar, PhD, professor of cell and molecular biology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, has received the Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick’s, Alzheimer’s and Related Diseases from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). Dr. Vassar and two other researchers will each[…]

New Model for Stem Cell Memory and Plasticity Dr. William Tse How does a human cell remember its past and decide its future? This is a six-million dollar question that biomedical researchers have long sought to answer in their attempts to control cell fate and develop better cellular therapy. Working with human bone marrow stem[…]

Stem Cells Reset Immune Systems in Diabetes Dr. Richard Burt The majority of patients with Type 1 diabetes who underwent transplantation with their own stem cells to reset their immune systems became insulin free, several for more than three years. Richard Burt, MD, coauthor of the study and associate professor of medicine at the Northwestern[…]

Dr. Hendrix Testifies Before Congressional Committee Dr. Mary Hendrix The unpredictable nature of science makes it nearly impossible to know which new discoveries gained through basic research will lead to the next important medical advancement. Mary J.C. Hendrix, PhD, professor of cancer biology at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, says[…]

Dean J. Larry Jameson Challenges and Opportunities for the Feinberg School VIEW VIDEO Drawing parallels between the nation’s and the medical school’s economic challenges and the opportunities they present, Dean J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, vice president for medical affairs and Lewis Landsberg Dean of the Feinberg School of Medicine welcomed a standing–room–only crowd to[…]