Byline: Roger Anderson
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Feinberg Retains Elite Medical School Status
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has strengthened its position among the top research-oriented institutions, maintaining its spot at No. 18 on the 2015 U.S. News & World Report rankings.
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New Director of Galter to Strengthen Informatics Efforts at Library
Kristi Holmes, PhD, joins the medical school from Washington University in St. Louis, where she was a bioinformaticist focused on research impact and genomic medicine.
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Scientists Publish Finding on Cause, Progression of Endometriosis
Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology says discovery will help scientists understand one of the major causes of female infertility.
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Protein’s Crystal Structure Reveals Role in Life-Threatening Bacteria
The Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases has revealed the crystal structure of Enterococcus faecalis protein EF1143, a previously uncharacterized protein that is important for the growth of this life-threatening antibiotic-resistant pathogen.
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Patients with Hypertension Benefit From Coordinated Care Approach
David Liss, PhD, found that more comprehensive primary care reduced specialist referrals in patients with treated hypertension, helping to ensure that specialists are seeing the patients who would benefit most from their expertise.
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Residency Program at Northwestern Regarded as One of Nation’s Best
Among the more than 300 Internal Medicine residency programs to receive physician nominations, the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University collected the 10th most.
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CD73 Research Could Lead to Cancer Drug
Part of the $8 million multinational TumAdoR project, the study investigates the CD73 enzyme, which is overexpressed in many different forms of the disease.
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Scientists Discover Gene with Role in Inflammation
Christian Stehlik and colleagues have learned how the molecular sensors that detect viruses and trigger defensive inflammatory responses are controlled.
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NUPOC Scientists Bringing New Technology to Developing World
Yeongchi Wu, MD, has spent more than a decade perfecting a sustainable and cost-effective manner to create prosthetics and orthotics in the developing world.
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Scientists Reveal Brain Region Vital for Long-term Memory
The Disterhoft lab has illustrated how neuronal activity varies in the pre-frontal cortex as the brain shifts from attention to recollection of long-term memory.
