Author: medweb
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Investigating the Role of Pulmonary Veins in Asthma
MD/PhD student Sai Folmsbee aims to understand the role of the protein αT-catenin, found in heart cells, in the development of asthma.
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Investigating Physical Activity to Prevent Falls Among Older Adults
A recent clinical trial co-led by Mary McDermott, MD, ’92 GME, and colleagues found that increasing physical activity in sedentary older men and women did not prevent serious fall injuries.
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Proposing a Novel Cause for Obesity
A new Northwestern Medicine study confirms that leaky lymphatic vessels can lead to obesity in mice and shows a way to restore lymphatic function.
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Students Practice Interprofessional Teamwork
A group of nearly 300 students in Feinberg’s MD, Physician Assistant and Doctor of Physical Therapy programs, plus nursing students from DePaul University, participated in the schools’ first-ever interprofessional teamwork learning initiative.
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Decoding Signaling Pathways that Lead to Scar Tissue
The loss of a component of a protein complex responsible for attaching cells together activates genes that lead to the buildup of fibrous scar tissue seen in cardiac disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, according to a recent study.
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Match Day 2016: Where They Matched
On Match Day 2016, four students reflect on their time at Feinberg, and share where they’re headed next.
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Medical Students Celebrate World Kidney Day with the Division of Nephrology
First-year medical students celebrated World Kidney Day with faculty members and staff in the Division of Nephrology and with patients who have kidney disease.
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Testing a New Therapy for Advanced Blood Cancer
A recent clinical trial conducted by Northwestern Medicine investigator Seema Singhal, MD, showed that the drug daratumumab is a safe and effective treatment for patients with advanced multiple myeloma.
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Uncovering Genetic Basis of Cilia Motility and Polarity
Scientists discovered that a specific gene that starts to build a link between cilia motility and cell polarity in a recent study.
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Physician Assistant Students Explore Correctional Medicine at Cook County Jail
Second-year physician assistant students recently completed a correctional medicine rotation at Cook County Jail, learning about the correctional medicine specialty.
