Author: medweb
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Understanding Cellular Interactions During Heart Repair
In a recent study, Shuang Zhang, a fourth year student in the Driskill Graduate Program in the Life Sciences (DGP), shed light on a molecule that mediates cross-talk between cardiac cells and immune cells after injury.
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Coffee Associated With Colon Cancer Survival
A recent study shows that patients treated for colon cancer who regularly drank caffeinated coffee had lower rates of cancer recurrence and mortality.
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Uncovering How Herpes Viruses Invade the Nervous System
A new study demonstrates how herpes viruses switch between two invasive states to promote infection in the nervous system.
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Grant Supports Research on Most Common Tumor in Women
A $7.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health supports a second phase of basic science research to identify novel targets for treating uterine fibroids.
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Evaluating Exercise to Reduce Cognitive Decline
Older adults who exercised regularly did not have better cognitive function than those who attended health education workshops, according to a study co-authored by Northwestern Medicine investigator Mary McDermott, MD, ’92 GME.
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Tracking the Immune Response to Flu Virus
A trail of messenger molecules left behind by general immune system cells called neutrophils helps virus-specific T-cells reach tissues infected by influenza, reports a new study published in Science.
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Research Will Determine Optimal Antidepressant Drug Doses During Pregnancy
Northwestern Medicine scientists received a five-year, $3.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to determine the optimal drug doses for treating pregnant women with depression.
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Feinberg Welcomes New PhD Students to Campus
First-year graduate students arrive on campus to pursue degrees from the Driskill Graduate Program in the Life Sciences, Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Medical Scientist Training Program and more.
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Study Reconsiders Statin Therapy for Patients in Palliative Care Setting
A multicenter clinical trial suggests that stopping statin medication therapy is safe and maybe beneficial for quality of life and reduction in medication costs for patients in the palliative care setting.
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Multi-Disciplinary Student Teams Enlist Technology to Tackle Simulated Cases
Second-year physician assistant students teamed up with third-year medical students to solve simulated patient scenarios during a weeklong Synthesis and Application Module, aimed at reinforcing information learned during clinical clerkships.
