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CRISPR Pioneer Jennifer Doudna Receives Inaugural Kimberly Prize
CRISPR pioneer and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, PhD is the recipient of the inaugural $250,000 Kimberly Prize in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics.
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Improving Drug Therapy for Relapsed Leukemia
A two-drug combination has been shown to improve patient response to treatment in relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia.
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Paller Receives 2022 Tripartite Award
Amy Paller, MD, the chair of and Walter J. Hamlin Professor of Dermatology, has been named the winner of the 2022 Tripartite Legacy Faculty Prize in Translational Science and Education.
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Pregnant Gen Zers, Millennials Twice as Likely to Develop Hypertension in Pregnancy
Gen Zers and millennials are approximately two times more likely to be newly diagnosed with high blood pressure during pregnancy, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
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New Technique Improves Proteoform Imaging in Human Tissue
Investigators have developed a new imaging technique that increases the detection and identification of proteoforms by four-fold when compared to current methods.
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Northwestern Investigates COVID-19: Mortality, Misinformation and Maternal Vaccination
Northwestern Medicine investigators continue to study COVID-19, from comparing mortality rates between SARS-CoV-2 variants to examining the effectiveness of maternal vaccination in protecting infants and combating COVID-19 misinformation on social media.
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Student Investigates Impact of Structural Racism on COVID-19 Mortality
Tobias Holden, a fourth-year student in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), was lead author of a paper that used mathematical modeling to determine the impact of structural racism and health disparities on COVID-19 mortality rates in Illinois.
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Investigating Racial Differences in Multiple Myeloma
Investigators have identified distinct epigenetic pathways in African American and European American patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.
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Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Prostate Cancer Hypoxia Identified
A Northwestern Medicine study has identified a molecular mechanism that helps regulate the progression of castration-resistant prostate cancer.
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McDermott Honored with AHA Distinguished Achievement Award
Mary M. McDermott, MD, ’92 GME, the Jeremiah Stamler Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, has been honored with the American Heart Association’s 2022 Peripheral Vascular Disease Distinguished Achievement Award.
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Survivors of Childhood Cancer Still at Risk for Infection Years After Diagnosis
After a pediatric cancer diagnosis, chances of infections remain elevated for more than a decade, according to a recent study.
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Feinberg Shares New Research Priorities
Four new research priorities have been identified, including synthetic biology, therapeutic development, social determinants of health and implementation science.
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Leading Translational Gastroenterology Research
Northwestern Memorial Hospital was recently ranked seventh in the country for Gastroenterology & Gastrointestinal (GI) surgery by US News and World Report. This article was originally published in August 2022 Breakthroughs.
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Inside the Feinberg Curriculum: The Education-Centered Medical Home
Feinberg’s Education-Centered Medical Home program allows medical students to provide continuous, primary care to underserved and diverse patient populations, and to help them better understand chronic conditions in a variety of clinical settings.
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Investigating the Utility of Polygenic Risk Scores for CHD
Polygenic risk scores demonstrated minimal clinical benefit in predicting long-term coronary heart disease when added to a traditional risk factor model, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.
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Northwestern Awarded First-Ever National Grant to Study Wearables, Stroke Prevention in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Northwestern University has been awarded a seven-year grant to study a “pill-in-pocket” strategy to prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, the most common heart rhythm disorder in adults.
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Coming Wave of Opioid Overdoses ‘Will be Worse Than Ever Been Before’
Geography played a role in opioid-involved overdose deaths in the past, but a coming wave may discriminate between rural and urban areas, according to a recent study.
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Investigating the Role of Dopamine Circuits in Habit Formation
Scientists have uncovered how dopamine connects subregions of the striatum essential for habit formation, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.
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Protein Transformation Drives Cancer Development
A change in function in a mitochondrial protein is associated with gene expression that may promote the development of cancer, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine Study.
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Northwestern Launches New Center for Human Immunobiology
In the newly formed Center for Human Immunobiology, teams of interdisciplinary scientists and clinicians will work together to understand the immune system at the molecular level and translate new discoveries into cures for immune-regulated diseases.
