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September 8, 2003 Contact: Megan Fellman at (847) 491-3115 or atfellman@northwestern.edu Findings May Lead to Design of New Drugs EVANSTON, ILL.— Scientists at Northwestern University have acquired new insight into how a specialized sensor protein that acts as an early warning system detects dangerous amounts of the “coinage metals”—silver, gold, and copper—inside cells. For the[…]

Medical Faculty Members Honored for Teaching This year’s Founders’ Day Convocation on August 29 offered the essential ingredients for an official opening of an academic year: a hearty welcome for the Class of 2007; words of wisdom by J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, Irving S. Cutter Professor and chair of medicine; and recognition of the[…]

Recruitment Publication Wins AAMC Award Highly regarded by premed students and advisers, the Feinberg School’s primary recruitment publication for the MD degree program will receive national recognition on November 8, when it will receive an Award of Distinction from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) at the group’s annual meeting in Washington. Published in[…]

September 18, 2003 Beta Blockers Effective Against Malaria Parasites CHICAGO— Hormones that regulate cardiovascular function have been discovered to influence malaria infection. As a consequence, beta-blockers, which are safe, inexpensive, and commonly prescribed drugs used worldwide to treat high blood pressure, are effective against the deadliest and most drug-resistant strain of malaria parasites. These findings,[…]

In Memoriam (Donald Bell) Donald I. Bell, MD, associate professor emeritus of medicine, died August 17 in Evanston, Illinois, at age 87. A native of Joplin, Missouri, Dr. Bell received his MD degree from Northwestern University in 1942 and completed his internship and residency at Evanston Hospital. A diabetes specialist, he served as head of[…]

Chicagoan Takes Pathway to Medicine When Alfred J. Cook Jr. graduated with the Feinberg School of Medicine’s Class of 2003, he achieved not only a personal milestone but also a major goal of Northwestern’s Pathways to Medical Education (PME) initiative. A member of the inaugural group to participate in PME—a program created in 1992 to[…]

Feinberg School Welcomes MD Class of 2007 This week the Feinberg School welcomes the 170 medical students of the Class of 2007. Orientation Week is filled with introductory sessions about the school, professionalism in medicine, and the curriculum as well as myriad social events. These include tours of Chicago, visits to its renowned museums, and[…]

August 12, 2003 Genetic Risks Missing from Patient Charts CHICAGO— Standard history-taking in internal medicine practices may not fully capture patients’ risks for developing certain diseases, and internists may lose opportunities to provide preventive medical recommendations, according to a study from the Feinberg School of Medicine. Researchers on the study included Theresa M. Frezzo, MS,[…]

August 19, 2003 Contact: Megan Fellman at (847) 491-3115 or atfellman@northwestern.edu Protein May Be Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease EVANSTON— Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered for the first time in humans the presence of a toxic protein they believe to be responsible for the devastating memory loss found in individuals suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. An[…]

August 22, 2003 Risk Factor Almost Always Present in Most Heart Attacks CHICAGO— Results of a large-scale study from the Feinberg School of Medicine dispute claims that, at least half the time, fatal and nonfatal heart attacks occur in individuals who had shown no previous evidence of at least one coronary heart disease (CHD) risk[…]