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STAR Lights the Way for Childhood Cancer Survivors Dr. Aarati Didwania The STAR (Survivors Taking Action & Responsibility) program at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University is one of only a handful of programs in the country that focus on comprehensive health care of adults who are survivors of childhood cancer.[…]

JAMA Study Reveals Further Refinement of Bionic Arm Dr. Todd Kuiken The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), the nation’s #1 rehabilitation hospital, announces its Center for Bionic Medicine has harnessed a new pattern recognition technique that allows quicker and more refined control for myoelectric arms used in combination with the Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR) procedure,[…]

Science Web Site Speaks Lay Person’s Language Science in Society provides attractive, consolidated, and searchable information about Northwestern’s research and outreach activities—written for a non-scientific audience. Sponsored by the Office for Research and conceived and developed by the Center for Genetic Medicine, the site covers a wide range of disciplines, from medicine to nanotechnology to[…]

Black History Month—Dr. Pugh Makes the News ABC News recently profiled Carla Pugh, MD, PhD, assistant professor of surgery and director of the Center for Advanced Surgical Education, for a segment during Black History Month. A surgeon, patent holder, and medical education researcher, Dr. Pugh is also a role model for Chicago youth. View the[…]

Goldman Lab Continues Landmark Progeria Research Dr. Robert Goldman Robert Goldman, PhD, Stephen Walter Ranson Professor of Cell Biology and chair of the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, is well known for his pioneering research into the structure and function of the nuclear lamins, one subgroup of the large family of intermediate filament proteins.[…]

MEDICAL CAMPUS RESEARCH ENHANCES OUR HEALTH CHICAGO — Medical research enhances our health and the quality of our lives — from unlocking the mysterious trigger of Alzheimer’s disease to discovering a new treatment for stroke injury to developing new strategies for prevention of childhood and adult obesity. The medical campus institutions — Northwestern Memorial Hospital,[…]

STEM CELL TRANSPLANT REVERSES EARLY-STAGE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Dr. Richard Burt Researchers from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine appear to have reversed the neurological dysfunction of early-stage multiple sclerosis patients by transplanting their own immune stem cells into their bodies and thereby “resetting” their immune systems. “This is the first time we have turned the[…]

Women’s Health Registry Seeking Participants Women throughout the state are invited to help advance research in women’s health by joining the new Illinois Women’s Health Registry. The registry, created by the Institute for Women’s Health Research at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, was developed to encourage researchers to focus on women’s health topics and[…]

New Institute Targets Brain Tumor Survival Dr. Jeffrey Raizer Primary brain tumors affect nearly 20,000 Americans each year, and every year more than half die as a result. For young adults ages 30 to 39, brain tumors are the third-leading cause of death among men and the fifth-leading among women. Despite significant advances in cancer[…]