Byline: Nora Dunne
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ALS Problem Solver
Robert Kalb is moving Northwestern’s Les Turner ALS Center forward. Read the story in Northwestern Medicine magazine.
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Policy Expert
Lori Post, director of Feinberg’s Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics, takes a high-level approach to protect worldwide victims of abuse, neglect and exploitation.
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Precision Pathologist
New chair Daniel Brat, MD, PhD, is spearheading transformations in pathology, a field that’s rapidly evolving in parallel with advances in precision medicine and a trend toward sub-specialization.
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Role Model
Roopal Kundu, ’01 MD, ’02 GME, guides students through the admissions process and beyond.
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Treating the Whole Person
Meet Jeffrey Linder, ’97 MD, MPH, Feinberg’s chief of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics in the Department of Medicine.
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Nanomedicine Opens Door to Precision Medicine for Brain Tumors
Early phase Northwestern Medicine research has demonstrated a potential new therapeutic strategy for treating glioblastoma.
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Root of Cardiac Fibrosis Defined
Northwestern Medicine scientists identified a novel molecular mechanism that regulates scar formation in the heart, a symptom of aging and heart disease.
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Mitochondria Behind Blood Cell Formation
Mitochondria have an important role in hematopoiesis, the body’s process for creating new blood cells, according to new Northwestern Medicine research.
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Unlocking the Secrets to ‘SuperAging’
Northwestern investigators want to know why some people are immune to age-related cognitive decline. Their answers could inform future therapies for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s.
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Investigating the Molecular Roots of Lung Disease
Chief Scott Budinger, MD, and the other scientists in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine tackle some of the most common — and fatal — medical conditions in the world.
