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Galter Library’s Restored Rare Books Featured at Block Museum Exhibit Albinus’ Tabulae Selecti et Musculorum Corporis Humani, published in 1747, required restoration before it could be displayed. The exhibit “Anatomy of Gender” at Northwestern’s Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art explores the relationship between sex, gender, and images of dissection in Renaissance and early[…]

Martha Twaddle Passionate About End-of-Life Care by Cheryl SooHoo Mentors have meant a great deal to Martha L. Twaddle, MD, GME ’89. She has valued their sage advice and used their counsel in many ways to define her life. So in 1989 when Harry J. Miller, MD, now associate professor emeritus of medicine and former[…]

December 27, 2005 Common Gene Increases Prostate Cancer Risk CHICAGO—A common, inherited gene that predisposes one in eight people to development of certain forms of cancer, including breast, colon, and ovarian cancers, has been found by Northwestern University researchers to also increase prostate cancer risk—by 200 percent. Boris Pasche, MD, and colleagues at The Robert[…]

Contact: Megan Fellman at (847) 491-3115 or atfellman@northwestern.edu Scientists Identify Molecular Structure of Key Viral Protein EVANSTON, Ill.—Scientists at Northwestern University have determined the molecular structure of a viral protein, the parainfluenza virus 5 fusion (F) protein. The parainfluenza virus 5 is part of a family of viruses (paramyxoviruses) that causes everything from pneumonia, croup,[…]

December 27, 2005 Grant Funds Schizophrenia Study CHICAGO—D. James Surmeier, PhD, Nathan Smith Davis Professor and chair of physiology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, has received a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study how the brain adapts to drugs used to treat schizophrenia. The award is[…]

January 3, 2006 Walking Slows Artery Disease CHICAGO—A study in the January 3 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine shows that walking three times a week, even in an unsupervised exercise program, can significantly improve walking ability and slow progression of peripheral artery disease (PAD). PAD often causes leg pain because of impaired blood[…]

January 25, 2006 Compound Targets Alzheimer’s Brain Cell Degeneration CHICAGO—Drug discovery researchers at Northwestern University have developed a novel orally administered compound specifically targeted to suppress brain cell inflammation and neuron loss associated with Alzheimer’s disease. The compound is also rapidly absorbed by the brain and is non-toxic—important considerations for a central nervous system drug[…]

Anatomy Wins Top Publications Honor The Association of American Medical Colleges/Group on Institutitional Advancement (AAMC/GIA) has awarded Anatomy of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, the school’s annual report for fiscal year 2004, an Award of Excellence (the top honor) in the single or special issue category in the group’s annual competition. The school’s Office[…]

January 25, 2006 Program to Treat Skin of Individuals of Color CHICAGO—Northwestern University has created a Center for Ethnic Skin, a specialized program focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of hair, skin, and nail disorders in individuals of skin of color—African Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanic/Latino Americans. Roopal V. Kundu, MD, assistant professor of dermatology[…]