Author: medweb
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Exceptional Achievement Recognized at Honors Day 2018
Feinberg faculty and fourth-year medical students gathered to recognize clinical and academic achievement at the sixth annual Honors Day, held May 19.
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Resetting the Epigenetic Balance for Cancer Therapy
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered an epigenetic imbalance that can lead to cancer, and used these findings to inhibit tumors in models.
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Investigating Birth Outcomes and HIV Drug Regimens
Drugs commonly used to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child during pregnancy were not associated with a higher risk of adverse birth outcomes, according to a new study.
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CNADC Celebrates Transformative Gift at Alzheimer Day
Feinberg met its goal of raising $10 million for the newly renamed Mesulam Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center, naming the Center after its director, M. Marsel Mesulam, MD.
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Exploring Art and Medicine at Medical Humanities Conference
The second annual Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities Conference, “Artful Medicine,” featured presentations from students, faculty, alumni and clinicians on how the arts inform medical practice and education.
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Genetic Mutation Linked to Viral Brain Infections
Mutations in a gene called DBR1 may increase patients’ susceptibility to brain infection, according to a study published in Cell.
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Understanding Structures That Hold Cells Together
A study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, provides new insights into the organization of a key protein called cadherin within structures called adherens junctions, which help cells stick together.
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Enzyme Blocker Stops Growth of Deadly Brain Tumor
Scientists discovered the regulatory role of the enzyme CDK5 in an aggressive form of brain cancer and successfully halted tumor growth by inhibiting it.
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Feinberg Faculty Inducted Into Prominent Medical Organizations
Northwestern faculty members have been chosen for induction into two prominent medical organizations: the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians.
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Drug May Reverse Imbalance Linked to Autism Symptoms
Northwestern scientists restored chemical balance to certain brain cells in mouse models, reversing mechanisms that may be responsible for sensory hypersensitivity in patients with autism.
