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January 4, 2005 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Deconstructs Brain’s Complex Network CHICAGO—A team headed by scientists at Northwestern University, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), has shown how to visualize the human brain as a massive, interacting, complex network governed by a few underlying dynamic principles. The research opens fascinating possibilities for future basic and applied[…]

Feinberg School Has Role in New Breast Cancer DrugResearch at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine played a significant role in Food and Drug Administration approval of AbraxaneTM (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. “The approval means that women with metastatic breast cancer no longer need to endure[…]

Toxicities and Off-Label Use of Cancer DrugsBy Elizabeth Crown CHICAGO—Food and Drug Administration policies prevent pharmaceutical manufacturers from informing patients about potentially fatal toxicities that occur with some cancer drugs—policies that should be revised immediately, according to Northwestern University researchers. Andrew M. Evens, DO, instructor in medicine, and Charles L. Bennett, MD, PhD, professor of[…]

Adverse Events in Hospitalized Children Are Preventable By Elizabeth Crown A study by researchers at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine suggests that each year nearly 70,000 children hospitalized in the United States experience an adverse event and that at least 60 percent of these errors may be preventable. Adverse events are injuries caused by[…]

December 21, 2004 Daily Activity Helps Elderly Cognition CHICAGO—More than half of adults over the age of 65 have trouble sleeping, characterized by both lighter sleep and frequent awakenings during the night. A decline in cognitive function is common with advanced age, and research has shown that disturbed sleep in younger adults and in the[…]

In Vivo Slated for January 21–22The 26th production of In Vivo, the Feinberg School of Medicine’s annual comedy revue, will be performed at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, January 21–22, in Thorne Auditorium, 375 East Chicago Avenue, on Northwestern University’s Chicago campus. Advance tickets cost $8 each and may be purchased in the Method Atrium,[…]

New Theory Offered on MemoryBy Elizabeth Crown How do you remember your own name? Is it possible ever to forget it? The memory trace, or engram, “feels” like it is stored permanently in the brain, and it will never be forgotten. Indeed, the current view of memory is that, at the molecular level, new proteins[…]

January 11, 2005 Northwestern Study Shows Why Olive Oil Protects Against Breast Cancer CHICAGO—Oleic acid, the main monounsaturated fatty acid contained in olive oil, can cripple a cancer gene that is responsible for 25 to 30 percent of all breast cancers, according to an article by Northwestern University researchers published in the January 10 issue[…]

Research Studies Drug to Treat Brain Metastases CHICAGO—A Northwestern University cancer researcher is conducting a study that will compare the effects of whole brain radiation therapy with supplemental oxygen without or with EfaproxynTM (efaproxiral), an experimental radiation sensitizer, in participants with brain cancer originating from metastatic breast cancer. It is believed that efaproxiral may improve[…]

Research Seeks to Advance Diabetes Treatment CHICAGO—Northwestern University has received a major grant from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) to advance technologies in the field of islet cell replacement for the treatment of Type 1 diabetes. Principal investigator on the $1.5 million JDRF program project is Dixon B. Kaufman, MD, PhD, professor and vice[…]