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Tumor Simulations Offer Insight into Treatment Options
New research published by Kristin Swanson, PhD, in PLOS ONE highlights the use of a biomathematical model and optimization algorithm to decrease the amount of radiation received by normal tissue and to increase its impact on brain tumors.
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Blattner Receives Clinical Education Award
Sharon A. Blattner, MEd, PA-C, director of clinical education for the Physician Assistant Program, received a teaching award at the 2013 Physician Assistant Education Association Annual Education Forum.
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Timing Affects Brain’s Ability to Merge Visual Cues
Research findings from the lab of Xiaorong Liu, PhD, show how visual experiences and proper developmental timing shape neural circuits during a critical period in early life.
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Alumnus Making a Difference in Medical Education, State Legislature
Alumnus Andrew Eisen, HPME ’94, state assemblyman, pediatrician, and an associate dean, attributes his career in public policy and medical education to his experiences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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Protein Could Play Role in Inflammation Response
In a recent paper published in Nature Immunology, Jing Liu, PhD, assistant professor of medicine-pulmonary, explains the relationship between Miz1 and inflammation.
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Symposium Explores Drug Discovery Efforts at Northwestern
Annual event is a key component of the education and outreach activities of Northwestern’s Center for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery. The symposium featured a keynote address and scientific poster presentations by scientists working on drug discovery projects across a range of disease areas.
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Managing Cholesterol in People at Risk for Heart Attacks, Strokes
New national guidelines change the focus from aiming strictly at reducing bad cholesterol to a more personalized approach.
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New Guidelines for Predicting Cardiovascular Disease
The guidelines – released from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association – will help doctors better identify which patients may benefit from lifestyle changes, drug therapy, or both to help prevent future cardiovascular disease-related events.
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Putting Lupus in Permanent Remission
Northwestern Medicine® scientists have successfully tested a nontoxic therapy that suppresses Lupus in blood samples of people with the autoimmune disease. This is a positive step toward one day developing a vaccine-like therapy that could keep Lupus in remission in the human body without the use of toxic drugs.
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Feinberg-Led Collaborations Look to Establish HIV/AIDS Programs in Nigeria
Scientists at Northwestern are working to develop the healthcare infrastructure in Nigeria, a nation where an estimated 3 million people are living with HIV/AIDS.
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Scientists Develop More Accurate Physical Activity Tracking App
A new algorithm developed by an interdisciplinary team at Northwestern can be used with a physical activity app to predict the location of a phone no matter where an individual carries it.
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Community Input Sought on Biomedical Research Building Designs
Three architectural firms have submitted designs for a new Biomedical Research Building for Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the University is now seeking community input on the proposed designs.
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Hanauer to Join Gastroenterology and Hepatology
A distinguished physician-scientist and international leader in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, Stephen B. Hanauer, MD, will join the medical school on January 1, 2014, as the Clifford Joseph Barborka Professor of Medicine and the medical director of the Digestive Disease Center.
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Rosen Accepts Provost Position at City of Hope
The director of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University helped usher in an era of international prominence during his nearly quarter-century at the helm.
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Bipolar Drugs Lose Effect during Pregnancy, Higher Doses Needed to Stay Well
Study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry by Crystal Clark, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, shows the blood concentration of the commonly used drug lamotrigine decreases in pregnant women.
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Incurable Brain Cancer Gene Silenced
Delivered to mouse models, a novel therapeutic based on nanotechnology was found to turn off a gene critical in the development of glioblastomas, significantly increasing survival rates.
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Identifying Signaling Pathways in Breast Cancer
Second-year medical student Chaitanya Medicherla explores the effects of immune cells on cancer development as part of his Area of Scholarly Concentration research project.
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Feinberg ALS Efforts Get Funding Boost
P. Hande Ozdinler, PhD, has been awarded three grants totaling more than $2.5 million. The funds will be used to increase her research efforts into the mechanisms behind amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Nanodiamonds Used to Improve Bone Growth
Paper published in the Journal of Dental Research shows that nanodiamonds could serve as non-invasive delivery vehicles of growth factors to bone.
