Author: wdd8007
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Hypoxic Inflammation Blunts Repair After Heart Attack
Inefficient cardiac repair after heart attacks is partially driven by a maladapted response to a low oxygen environment by immune cells, according to a study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
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Feinberg Celebrates Founders’ Day 2021
Founders’ Day welcomes first-year medical students to campus, honors Feinberg’s founders and marks the official start of the academic year.
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Study Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with COVID-19 Severity
In collaboration with Northwestern Medicine investigators, an international multi-center study has identified genetic factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity.
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Gene Implicated in Poor Skin Cancer Therapy Outcomes
Losing a check on T-cell activation in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma cells is associated with poor outcomes, according to a study published in Blood.
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Using Circulating Tumor DNA to Target Immunotherapy
Using circulating tumor DNA to identify patients at risk for urothelial cancer relapse after surgical resection could help improve post-surgery treatment, according to a new study.
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Nanoparticles Could Boost Immunotherapy
Enhancing the anti-cancer function of natural killer cells with nanoparticles could unlock their therapeutic potential, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.
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Combined Therapy Shows Promise for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
A combination therapy pairing a small molecule inhibitor with monoclonal antibody immunotherapy improved patient outcomes for relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia, according to a Northwestern Medicine clinical trial.
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Tackling Disparities in Internal Medicine
Blessing Aghaulor, MD, MPH, a former resident in internal medicine and current fellow in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, has conducted research on transplant outcomes and consulted about patients at the ERASE trafficking clinic in Chicago.
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Student Aims to Optimize Care Delivery
Medical student David Younessi recently authored a paper that highlighted price disparities between Medicare and VA reimbursements for several ophthalmic procedures.
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Novel Treatments to Prevent Infections in Patients with Leukemia
Using universal myeloid progenitor cells or modified umbilical cord blood may help prevent infections in patients with leukemia, according to a pair of recent studies.
