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Breakthrough Nanoparticle Halts Multiple Sclerosis
In a breakthrough for nanotechnology and multiple sclerosis, a biodegradable nanoparticle turns out to be the perfect vehicle to stealthily deliver an antigen that tricks the immune system into stopping its attack on myelin and halt a model of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) in mice, according to new Northwestern Medicine research.
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Rotation in Montana Offers Insight into Rural Healthcare
Fourth-year medical student Amy Chen piloted a new rural health rotation in Montana. She spent four weeks this fall in small towns observing the similarities and differences between primary care in urban versus rural environments.
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Statins Linked to Lung Cancer Survival
People who have undergone surgery for the most common type of lung cancer may improve their overall survival and reduce the risk of recurrence by taking statins, according to new research by Feinberg investigators.
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Stupp Bestowed Ronald Breslow Award for Research in Biomimetic Chemistry
Samuel I Stupp, PhD, director of the Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine, is being honored by the American Chemical Society with its Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry.
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Educating Communities about Nutrition, Diabetes, and Exercise
Medical students teach exercise, nutrition, and diabetes classes at the Community Health Clinic in West Town. This initiative, which started five years, teaches patients how to prevent and control chronic diseases.
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Women’s Health Research Institute Celebrates Half-decade of Discoveries, Education
The Women’s Health Research Institute celebrated its fifth anniversary with a new leadership council, new website, and new name. The institute also presented journalist Carol Marin with its inaugural Voices for Women Award.
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Expanding Public Reporting of Surgical Outcomes
The newly created Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center received a grant for a project that uses performance data to assist patients in selecting high-quality hospitals for surgical procedures and encourages hospitals to improve their quality of care.
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Gottfried Verifies Model of Human Decision Making
Jay Gottfried, MD, PhD, associate professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, recently published research in Neuron that sheds light on researchers’ understanding of how the brain accumulates sensory information for efficient decision-making.
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Baker Honored for Contributions to Clinical Epidemiology
David Baker, MD, MPH, chief of general internal medicine and geriatrics, has been awarded the 2013 American College of Physicians’ Alvan R. Feinstein Award.
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A Mission to Bring Epidurals to China
At a recent anesthesiology meeting, Ling Qun Hu, MD, presented his findings from part of his 10-year “No Pain Labor N’ Delivery China Initiative.” His goal is to teach Chinese doctors in at least ten medical centers how to give epidurals to decrease high cesarean delivery rates.
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Research Shows Keeping Cardiovascular Risk Factors Low Adds Up to 14 Years to Life
If you have optimal heart health in middle age, you may live up to 14 years longer, free of cardiovascular disease, than your peers who have two or more cardiovascular disease risk factors, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
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Investigating the Loss of Language
Tapping into resources only available at Northwestern, researchers at Feinberg have crafted a multidisciplinary study to investigate all aspects of primary progressive aphasia, a form of dementia.
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Studying the Properties, Mechanisms of Proteins
PhD candidates Samuel Light and Joshua Waitzman study how the smallest levels of biological processes work, with the hope that their discoveries will lead to new or better drug therapies. Both scientists recently received the inaugural Driskill Award for Outstanding Student Achievement, which recognizes research that has clinical and translational significance.
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Study Finds Women, Even Regular Exercisers, too Sedentary
Emerging research shows that prolonged sitting has significant health consequences, including an increased likelihood of developing a chronic condition such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and some cancers.
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Exploring Bone Formation May Offer Insight into Birth Defects
Jacek Topczewski, PhD, research associate professor of pediatrics, is investigating how congenital malformations occur by focusing his lab on a specific family of proteins and their impact on cartilage formation.
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Montgomery Receives ASBH Lifetime Achievement Award
Kathryn Montgomery, PhD, Julia and David Uihlein Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, is being honored with the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Assessing the Health of Chicago Communities
As part of the new curriculum, first-year medical students compiled information regarding health resources in 21 Chicago communities. Over the next few years, this project aims to have health data from all 77 Chicago communities, which they will make available to Northwestern physicians, who can use it to better understand their patients.
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PCOS Research Points to Gene Defect
With a five-year renewal of the Northwestern University Specialized Center for Research on Sex Differences, one of 11 National Institutes of Health-supported centers, Andrea Dunaif, MD, professor in medicine, is continuing her push to elevate the world’s understanding of polycystic ovary syndrome.
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Medical Simulation Brings New Training Tool to Urology
Simulators in use since June are helping residents and physicians in the Department of Urology learn and perfect their surgical skills. The state of the art technology is being tested as a means to improve real time skills by training doctors to perform minimally-invasive laser prostate procedures.
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Parkinson’s Breakthrough Could Slow Neurodegenerative Disease’s Progression
Parkinson’s, the second most common neurodegenerative disease, is caused by the death of dopamine neurons, resulting in tremors, rigidity, and difficulty moving. Current treatments target the symptoms, but do not slow the progression of the disease. A new compound developed by Northwestern University scientists shows potential to halt its advancement.
