Byline: Nora Dunne
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Analyzing Brain Structure in Schizophrenia
A collaborative study that included Northwestern Medicine scientists has identified structural brain abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia, helping further understanding of the mental disorder.
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Licht to Lead University of Florida Health Cancer Center
Jonathan Licht, MD, Johanna Dobe Professor and chief of the Division of Medicine-Hematology/Oncology, has accepted a new leadership position at the University of Florida Health Cancer Center.
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Centriole Finding Expands Knowledge of Cancer Cell Biology
A study coauthored by Northwestern Medicine scientists found that normal cells stop proliferating when they lose important intracellular structures called centrioles, but cancer cells continue to multiply.
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Investigating the Roots of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Using a new mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis, a Northwestern Medicine study found that a reduction in dendritic cells leads to inflammatory arthritis.
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Building a Better Prosthetic Leg for Amputees
Scientists from Feinberg and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago developed a bionic leg that uses electromyographic (EMG) signaling to give patients with above-knee amputations better control over movement than current prosthetics.
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Joining Forces for Digestive Health
Faculty Stephen Hanauer, MD, and Scott Strong, MD, co-lead Northwestern Medicine’s Digestive Health Center, which aligns physicians, surgeons and other healthcare providers to treat gastrointestinal diseases.
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Engineering Materials to 3-D Print Tissues and Organs
In two recent studies, the lab of Ramille Shah, PhD, assistant professor in Surgery, developed new methods to create viable biomaterials for 3-D printing, expanding the tools available to scientists to build a vast array of functional artificial tissues and organs.
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McNally Testifies on Gene-Editing at Congressional Hearing
Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Genetic Medicine, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Research and Technology about the science and ethics of genetically engineered human DNA.
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Exploring How Heart and Lung Diseases Evolve As We Age
By examining how loss of lung function between young adulthood and middle age associated with changes in the heart, Northwestern Medicine scientists identified two heart-lung phenotypes that may form the basis for diseases that develop later in life.
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Faculty Selected for Prestigious Physicians Association
Two faculty members from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine were recently honored with election to the Association of American Physicians (AAP).
