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In Memoriam (Maurice Gore) Maurice Gore, MD ’37, associate professor emeritus of medicine, died on May 19 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital of acute myeloid leukemia. He was 92. Born and raised in Chicago, Dr. Gore completed an internship at Cook County Hospital and received a master’s degree from the University of Michigan in 1939. He[…]

June 7, 2004 Contact: Megan Fellman at (847) 491-3115 or atfellman@northwestern.edu Nano Diagnostic Method Could Rival PCR EVANSTON— Since the advent of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) nearly 20 years ago, scientists have been trying to overturn this method for analyzing DNA with something better. The “holy grail” in this quest is a simple method[…]

Opera Buff Shares Passion with Students “Culture” for medical students doesn’t have to take place just in the laboratory. Thanks to the Feinberg School of Medicine’s participation in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s College Opera Circle, students are learning that their arts education isn’t over even when the “clinically obese” woman sings. A record number of[…]

June 10, 2004 Regulatable Gene Therapy May Advance Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease CHICAGO— Northwestern University neuroscientists have overcome a major obstacle in gene therapy research. They’ve devised a method that will safely deliver and regulate expression of therapeutic genes introduced into the central nervous system to treat Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. The method,[…]

Feinberg School Leads NU in Research Funding With $168.2 million in research funding in 2003, the Feinberg School of Medicine surpassed all other academic units in drawing research dollars to Northwestern. The medical school’s award total constitutes 51 percent of all research funding to the University, which totaled $328.1 million. Funding from research awards granted[…]

Chicago VA Renamed to Honor Former Secretary The VA affiliate in the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University has undergone a name change. On May 25, 2004, the VA Chicago Health Care System was renamed the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. The late Jesse Brown served as executive director of American Disabled Veterans before being[…]

May 3, 2004 $11 Million Grant Funds Lung Injury Research CHICAGO— Northwestern University has received an $11 million Program Project Grant (PPG) from the National Institutes of Health to define the mechanisms that cause changes in the alveolar epithelium during lung injury. Jacob I. Sznajder, MD, Dr. Roy Patterson Professor of Medicine and chief of[…]

Diverse Paths Highlighted for New Graduates Speaking to a crowd of more than 2,000 people at Northwestern’s 146th medical school Graduation Convocation, a newly degreed Suneel M. Udani, MD, of Naperville, Illinois, grinned broadly on the stage of Navy Pier’s Grand Ballroom, and said, “Congratulations to my fellow classmates, their families, and friends.” He paused,[…]

May 12, 2004 People More at Risk If Parents Had Heart Attack or Stroke CHICAGO— A study published in the May 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association provides the strongest evidence yet that cardiovascular disease in parents—particularly at an early age—is a major predictor of their children having a heart attack[…]