Byline: Will Doss
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Northwestern Study Honored by Clinical Research Forum
Robert Kushner, MD, ’80, ’82 GME, was honored for a study published in NEJM with a 2022 Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Award.
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Arrhythmia Genes More Common Than Previously Thought
Sequencing known cardiac arrythmia genes in more than 20,000 people without an indication for genetic testing identified pathogenic variants in nearly one percent of individuals.
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Transplant Chief: Next Era of Transplantation is Approaching
Satish Nadig, MD, PhD, is looking to build on Northwestern’s strong foundation of transplant initiatives and push forward into a new era of transplantation.
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Northwestern Investigates COVID-19: Omicron, Children and Pandemic’s Impact on Sexual Minorities
Northwestern Medicine investigators continue to study the COVID-19 pandemic, from the biological mechanisms of disease and infection patterns to the pandemic’s impact on women and sexual and gender minorities.
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Genetic Variant of High-risk Childhood Leukemia Revealed
A genetic mutation changing just one base pair of nucleotides greatly increases risk of a lethal subtype of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, according to a recent study.
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Olfactory Processing Comes in Waves
Neural waves of three distinct registers combine to give the brain a picture of what’s being smelled, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.
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Iron Accumulation Linked with Age-Related Cognitive Decline
Age-related breakdowns in regulatory mechanisms cause iron to build up in the brain, increasing oxidative stress and causing cellular damage, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine study.
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New Alternative for Relapsed B-Cell Lymphoma
A new therapy showed improvements over the standard treatment for relapsed B-cell lymphoma, according to a recent study.
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Northwestern Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. with Dream Week
Feinberg celebrated the life and work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with Dream Week, featuring a candlelight vigil, an oratorical contest and conversations with Nikole Hannah-Jones.
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Rogers Honored by National Academy of Sciences
John Rogers, PhD, has been awarded the 2022 James Prize in Science and Technology Integration by the Council of the National Academy of Sciences.
