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Barsuk Presents Central Line Training Research in AAMC Webinar
Jeffrey Barsuk, MD, MS, presented information about the central line insertion simulation training program he developed and implemented with Diane Wayne, MD, to a national audience during an AAMC webinar.
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Annual Sketch Comedy Show Benefits Mobile Food Market
First- and second-year students put on the annual sketch comedy show In Vivo this past weekend. The money raised from ticket sales benefited Fresh Moves Mobile Produce Market, a nonprofit that serves neighborhoods with little access to fresh food.
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New Way to Kill Lymphoma without Chemotherapy uses Golden Nanoparticles
A new study by C. Shad Thaxton, MD, and Leo Gordon, MD, shows that synthetic HDL nanoparticles killed B-cell lymphoma, the most common form of the disease, in cultured human cells.
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2012: The Year in Review
From groundbreaking research to an exciting new curriculum, Feinberg achieved a number of accomplishments in 2012. Take a look at our top 25 stories.
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Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
To commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, members of the Chicago campus DREAM Committee hosted two panel discussions, a movie screening, and reception in an effort to connect the legacy of Dr. King to today’s social justice challenges through critical analysis and reflection.
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Mechanisms Behind Cancer Causing Gene Revealed
One of 11 “death-by-cancer” genes, the role of ubiquitin-specific peptidase 22 in the development of colon and ovarian cancer has been revealed for the first time.
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As Blackhawks Team Physician, Terry Takes on Challenges of Sports Medicine
As the NHL season is set to begin, Michael Terry, MD, associate professor in orthopaedic surgery and team physician for the Chicago Blackhawks, prepares for the unexpected, on the ice and off.
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Northwestern Medicine to Invest $1B in Research
Leaders of Northwestern Medicine have made a transformational commitment of more than $1 billion toward creating a leading medical research enterprise on Northwestern University’s Chicago campus. Constructing additional research space and attracting top scientists to Northwestern will create more opportunities to discover breakthroughs in such areas as neuroscience, heart disease, and diabetes and cancer in…
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Rare, Lethal Childhood Disease Tracked to Specific Protein
Presented by postdoctoral fellow Saleemulla Mahammad, PhD, at the American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, new Northwestern Medicine research shows how the defective protein, gigaxonin, was first identified in children with a rare and untreatable genetic disease known as giant axonal neuropathy.
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Training Students to Teach CPR, Raise Awareness in Communities
This week more than 25 medical and physician assistant students from across Chicago will complete training on how to teach hands-only CPR and use an AED through a new CCARES program. The ultimate goal of the program is to build community awareness of these lifesaving skills.
