Byline: Sarah Plumridge
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Updating Red Blood Cell Transfusion Guidelines
An article published in JAMA recommends new updates to the red blood cell transfusion guidelines by the American Association of Blood Banks.
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Housestaff Panel Helps Medical Students Prepare for Residency
A new resident-led program at Northwestern fosters community among underrepresented minority students in undergraduate and graduate medical education programs.
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Scientists Identify Structural Changes in Herpesvirus Fusion
Northwestern and Stanford scientists have uncovered new details on the structure of herpesviruses that allow them to initiate a fusion event to infect host cells.
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Medical Students Start the New Year With Wellness Activities
Medical students attended sessions addressing different aspects of wellness during a week dedicated to student well-being.
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Clinical Trial Assesses Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Drug
A recent clinical trial assessed the efficacy and safety of the drug ibrutinib in patients with Waldenstrom’s macroglobulineaemia, a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, who were not responding to other treatments.
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Medical Student Charts a Map of Memory in the Brain
Kelsey Bowman extended her medical school program from four years to five years to develop a test to map regions of the brain associated with memory.
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Post Joins Northwestern as Inaugural Director of Buehler Center for Health Policy
Lori Post, PhD, has been appointed as the inaugural director of the Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics.
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Fatty Acids May Help Target Ovarian Cancer
A recent study explores the use of metabolic markers to target ovarian cancer stem cells and could improve outcomes of existing therapies.
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Investigating the Role of MicroRNAs in Regulating Stem Cells of the Eye
Northwestern Medicine scientists showed how a microRNA family regulates aspects of autophagy and macropinocytosis in the stem cell–enriched limbal epithelium of the eye.
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McNally, Khan Honored by American Heart Association
Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Genetic Medicine and Sadiya Khan MD, MSc, instructor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, were recently honored by the American Heart Association for their achievements in cardiovascular disease research.
