A Northwestern Medicine scientist has developed the first blood test to diagnose major depression in teens, a breakthrough approach that allows an objective diagnosis by measuring a specific set of genetic markers found in a patient’s blood.
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A new study from Boyd Metzger, MD,a professor of medicine-endocrinology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, shows women who are just above average for weight and blood sugar are at a higher risk of bad pregnancy outcomes than previously known.
A new drug developed by Northwestern Medicine® scientists prevented human prostate cancer cells from spreading to other tissues without any toxic effects to normal cells or tissues. The drug turns off the “go” switch in the cancer cells and immobilizes them.
Christian Stehlik, PhD, professor of Rheumatology at Feinberg, discovered a protein in macrophage cells that identifies bacterial cell wall components in harmful bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes.
The mentoring program, Saturday Oncofertility Academy, offers primarily African American and Latina girls from disadvantaged backgrounds the chance to research and conduct experiments in fertility and cancer research with scientists and doctors at state-of-the-art Northwestern facilities.
Alzheimer’s drug may act like bad electrician, messing up wiring in brain and nervous system.
Scientists at a new Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine center are inventing web-based, mobile, and virtual technologies to treat mood disorders.
Study reports that 36 percent of women quit medications early because of their side effects, which are more severe and widespread than previously known.