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Study Assesses Effect of Tomato Oil on Precancerous Prostate Changes Lycopene, an antioxidant commonly found in tomatoes and tomato-based products, is perceived to reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer. A new study at Northwestern University seeks to determine whether natural tomato oil with a high concentration of lycopene may reverse or delay progression of[…]

New Compounds Effective Against Alzheimer’s Disease Onset and Progression Drug discovery researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new class of compounds that have the potential to reduce the inflammation of brain cells and the neuron loss associated with Alzheimer’s disease. The new class of compounds are aminopyridazines. The original compound, called MW01-070C, is used[…]

November 23, 2004 Chronic Back Pain Shrinks ‘Thinking Parts’ of Brain CHICAGO—Chronic back pain, a condition afflicting many Americans, shrinks the brain by as much as 11 percent—equivalent to the amount of gray matter lost in 10 to 20 years of normal aging, a Northwestern University research study found. Loss in brain density is related[…]

November 3, 2004 Robert Bazell to Give Feinberg Lecture CHICAGO—Robert Bazell, NBC News’ chief health and science correspondent, will be the lecturer at the 9th Annual Frances Feinberg Memorial Lecture on November 15 at the Feinberg Pavilion Conference Center, third floor, 251 East Huron Street. There will be a reception at 4:30 p.m., followed by[…]

October 19, 2004 $2.1 Million Grant Funds Parkinson’s Research CHICAGO—Northwestern University has received a three-year, $2.1 million award from the Picower Foundation to study the molecular and cellular mechanisms of Parkinson’s disease. D. James Surmeier, PhD, Nathan Smith Davis Professor and chair of physiology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, is the principal investigator[…]

Scientist Receives $3.5 Million to Study Genetics of ALS Teepu Siddique, MD, Abbott Labs Duane and Susan Burnham Research Professor at the Feinberg School, has received a $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study the genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. ALS[…]

October 5, 2004 System Helps Curb Severe Anemia CHICAGO—Cooperation among international adverse event reporting agencies has led to an 83 percent decline in a rare, potentially life-threatening form of anemia associated with recombinant human erythropoietin (epoetin), a widely used product for anemia that occurs among cancer patients or persons undergoing dialysis. Epoetin is the most[…]

September 28, 2004 Aneurysm Study Uses Gene Bank SamplesCHICAGO—In a major milestone in genetic research at Northwestern University, a study on the possible genetic causes of abdominal aortic aneurysms will be the first to use samples from NUgene, the University’s gene banking project. William Pearce, MD, professor of surgery and chief of vascular surgery at[…]

Arthritis Costs Are Double That of Other Patients By Elizabeth Crown Medical care expenditures for those with arthritis are at least double the amount spent by those without arthritis, according to research presented at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Researchers from Northwestern University used results from the 1999–2000[…]

October 6, 2004 Study Looks at Drug to Treat Brain Cancer 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. Efaproxiral may improve[…]