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Pediatrics Faculty Featured in Public Television Series The patients, families, and physicians of Children’s Memorial Hospital (CMH) in Chicago were recently featured in a six-week public television series called “Children’s Hospital” that began airing nationally in early July. Selected from among several children’s hospitals across the country, CMH is a member of the McGaw Medical[…]

July 6, 2002 New Protease Inhibitor Has Added Benefits BARCELONA— Atazanavir, a potent new HIV-fighting protease inhibitor, reduces high cholesterol and triglyceride levels that may be caused by other protease inhibitors, a Northwestern University researcher reported today at the XIV International AIDS Conference. Although protease inhibitors have been shown to be safe and effective in[…]

Graduates Urged to Face New Medical Challenges The medical school’s 144th Graduation Convocation, held May 24 at Navy Pier, featured David Satcher, MD, PhD, former U.S. surgeon general. In his address, “The MD Responsibility to the Health of the Public,” Dr. Satcher urged the graduates to tackle existing medical challenges while acknowledging past progress. “The[…]

In Memoriam (Charles Kramer, Robert Norman, Warren Wells, Harold Visotsky) Charles H. Kramer, MD, professor emeritus of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and a leader in family therapy, died April 30 at age 79. Dr. Kramer earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Illinois, established a private practice in suburban Chicago for several[…]

June 10, 2002 Contact: Megan Fellman at (847) 491-3115 or atfellman@northwestern.edu Nanotechnology Technique Could Lead to Ultimate Gene Chip EVANSTON, ILL.— Using an atomic force microscope tip as a pen and different single-stranded DNA as inks, scientists at Northwestern University have demonstrated a technique that could lead to the ultimate high-density gene chip because it[…]

June 20, 2002 Contact: Megan Fellman at (847) 491-3115 or atfellman@northwestern.edu New Device Removes Drinking Water Contaminants EVANSTON, ILL.— A Northwestern University environmental engineer has received a U.S. patent for a treatment device that renders perchlorate—a thyroid-damaging ingredient of rocket fuel and a drinking water problem—harmless. The applications extend beyond the safety of drinking water[…]

NU-AID Volunteers Serve the Underserved in Nicaragua The Northwestern University Alliance for International Development (NU-AID), a medical school student organization, will bring free health services to the people of Nicaragua this June 22–30. Twenty-one students and four faculty physicians will set up clinics in and near the towns of Matagalpa and Jinotega. Dispensing some $200,000[…]

June 20, 2002 University Receives Grant to Study Oral Cancer CHICAGO— Oral cancer currently accounts for almost 6 percent of all malignancies, and its incidence is increasing worldwide. At least 90 percent of oral cancers are squamous cell carcinomas that originate from the oral epithelium, a thin lining of cells that covers tissues in the[…]