Author: medweb
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Schleimer Wins Tripartite Prize
Robert Schleimer, PhD, chief of Division of Medicine Allergy-Immunology and Roy Patterson Professor of Medicine, has been named the winner of the Tripartite Legacy Faculty Prize in Translational Science and Education.
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$10 Million Gift Establishes Pioneering Nano Oncology Center
A $10 million gift from Ronald and JoAnne Willens to Northwestern University’s International Institute for Nanotechnology will establish an interdisciplinary research center that will use advances in nanotechnology to develop new cancer treatments.
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Louis Simpson And Kimberly Querrey Make $92 Million Gift To Northwestern For Biomedical Research
Northwestern University Trustee and alumnus Louis A. Simpson and his spouse Kimberly K. Querrey have made an additional $92 million gift to Northwestern University in support of the University’s biomedical research programs at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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Relief For Diabetics With Painful Condition
A new Northwestern Medicine study shows an experimental gene therapy may have promise for treating painful diabetic neuropathy.
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Exploring Bacterial Competition in Reproductive Tract Infections
Northwestern Medicine scientists have shown that the bacteria that cause gonorrhea may have evolved mechanisms to stimulate white blood cells into killing other bacteria, promoting the survival of gonorrhea bacteria in the human reproductive tract.
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New Executive Director of Communications Announced
Nicole Mladic, currently serving in an interim capacity, has been appointed the executive director of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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Alzheimer Amyloid Clumps Found in Young Adult Brains
A Northwestern medicine study found accumulations of amyloid in young adult brains, the first time accumulation of amyloid has been shown at such a young age.
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Graduate Student Receives Award for Bone Development Research
Rebecca Anderson, a graduate student in the Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences, received the Graduate Student Award from the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago for her research on bone development to better understand skeletal dysplasia.
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Exploring Age-Related Differences in Herpes Encephalitis
Northwestern Medicine scientists have revealed age-dependent differences in cellular mechanisms for protection from herpes simplex virus encephalitis.
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Evaluating Drugs to Improve Vision In Diabetic Macular Edema
A new Northwestern Medicine study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows the drug Eylea is superior to other options for improving the eyesight of persons with poor vision due to diabetic macular edema, a major cause of diabetes-related vision loss.
