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Top 5 Breakthroughs Podcasts of 2020
Listen to the year’s most popular episodes of the Breakthroughs podcast, featuring Northwestern Medicine experts discussing COVID-19 research.
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Humanism in Patient Care Celebrated at Feinberg
At a recent virtual event, students, residents and faculty were inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society and recognized as exemplars of compassionate patient care who serve as role models, mentors and leaders in medicine.
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New Developments in Parkinson’s Pathology
The strength of neuron-to-neuron connections does not govern the spread of Parkinson’s disease in the brain, according to a recent study.
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Northwestern Medicine Physicians Begin to Receive COVID-19 Vaccines
Northwestern Medicine physicians have begun receiving their vaccines, an experience that for many was inspiring, sobering and hopeful. Read the reactions of a few Northwestern Medicine physicians upon receiving their COVID-19 vaccines.
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Streamlining Chemical-Genetic Screening
Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a new high-throughput sequencing tool to test how drugs interact with genetically modified cells.
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Free Northwestern-Developed Tools for Network Data Collection Released
Investigators at the Northwestern University Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing have released Network Canvas, a powerful network data collection tool developed specifically to simplify network data capture.
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Discovering New Mechanisms in Epigenetics
A series of recent discoveries by Northwestern Medicine scientists point to a more nuanced understanding of how epigenetic regulators function.
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PA Students Join ECMH Program
First-year students in the Physician Assistant (PA) Program have joined the Education-Centered Medical Home (ECMH) program for the first time, gaining early team-based clinical experiences and exposure.
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Identifying Oncogenes through Epigenetic Markers
Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that oncogenes contain specific epigenetic markers called broad genic repression domains, which could help identify potential therapeutic targets for cancer treatment.
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Global Health During a Pandemic
The Institute for Global Health hosted their second annual Global Health Day, highlighting traditional development issues as well as the impact COVID-19 has had on the field.
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Proxy Measures Fail to Assess Cardiovascular Care
Using proxy measures of preparedness for hypertension or diabetes care did not accurately assess the ability of low- and middle-income countries to treat patients, according to a study published in PLOS Medicine.
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Rethinking Cardiac Repair After Injury
A signaling molecule produced by the lymphatic vasculature could be used to promote cardiac repair after heart attack, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature.
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Novel “Gate Latch” Mechanism Essential for Activation of Immune System
Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified a novel “gate latch” mechanism within the Orai1 ion channel that is essential for proper activation of the immune system.
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Double Lung Transplants Save COVID-19 Patients
Double lung transplants performed by Northwestern Medicine surgeons in patients with irreversible lung damage from COVID-19 helped save lives, according to a recent study.
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PA Student Engages with Activism
Rosalia Garcia, a first-year student in the Physician Assistant (PA) Program, has started a dialogue program for PA students and taken a leadership role in the Students for Patient Advocacy and Research in the Community group.
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Remembering William Schnaper, MD
William “Bill” Schnaper, MD, professor of Pediatrics, who passed away recently after a long illness, was remembered as a committed scientist, friend and champion of mentorship.
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Mitochondria-Targeted Antioxidants Inhibit Tumor Growth
Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that inserting dietary antioxidants into the mitochondria of cancer cells may inhibit overall tumor growth.
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New Drug Connects Dots That Cause Clots in COVID-19 Patients
A gene mutation discovered in a small Amish community in Indiana has inspired the use of a new experimental drug for COVID-19 that reduces blood clotting.
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Novel Drug May Remedy Antibiotic Resistant Infections
A novel antibiotic drug showed similar treatment effectiveness compared to current therapies in patients with antibiotic resistant bacterial infections, according to two complementary clinical trials.
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Cheng Named AAAS Fellow
Shi-Yuan Cheng, PhD, professor in The Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology in the Division of Neuro-oncology, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his outstanding contributions to molecular and translational cancer research.
