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Northwestern Medical Orchestra Returns to Stage
The Northwestern Medical Orchestra has returned to the stage, performing part of their concert in-person for the first time in nearly two years.
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New Autism Biomarker Discovered in Cerebrospinal Fluid
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a biomarker for one type of autism within cerebrospinal fluid, according to a recent study.
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Microspheres Delay Progression of Colon Cancer
A recent study showed that targeted radioembolization alongside chemotherapy improved progress-free survival for patients with metastatic colon cancer.
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Histone Protein Influences Both Neurological Disorder and Cancer
Mutations in a histone regulator protein are connected to both a rare neurodevelopmental disorder and to some cancers, according to a recent study.
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County-Level Poverty Associated with Risk of Gun Death in Children
Living in U.S. counties with higher concentrations of poverty was associated with increased risk of firearm-related deaths among children and young adults, according to a recent study.
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Ophthalmology Receives Grant to Support International Collaboration
Steven DeVries, MD, PhD, has received a $75,000 International Research Collaborators Award from Research to Prevent Blindness to support international collaborations.
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Northwestern Selected as Home for Journal of Clinical Investigation; McNally to Serve as Editor-in-Chief
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has been selected to serve as the home of the Journal of Clinical Investigation for its next five-year term, and Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD, has been elected as the journal’s next editor-in-chief.
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A Day in the Life: Medical Student Zach Cross
Follow along with a typical day in the life of third-year Feinberg medical student, as he spends a shift in the OB-GYN ward, including assisting with a delivery.
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Uncovering the Degenerative Basis of Parkinson’s Disease
Northwestern investigators have discovered the molecular signature of a subset of dopaminergic neurons that increases their vulnerability to degeneration.
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Effectiveness of Subcutaneous Defibrillators
Electric shocks delivered by subcutaneous defibrillators are equally effective compared to shocks delivered by conventional transvenous defibrillators, according to a recent study.
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Global Health Day Celebrates Research, Education and Impact
Feinberg’s Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health hosted the 10th annual Global Health Day symposium on December 3, featuring keynote speakers, online poster presentations, and question and answers sessions.
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Fatty Acid Length Predicts Parkinson’s Disease Risk
Long chains of fatty acids in the lysosome are associated with a degenerative form of Gaucher disease, an inherited condition related to Parkinson’s disease.
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Quaggin Elected to National Academy of Inventors
Susan Quaggin, MD, the Charles H. Mayo, MD, Professor and chief of Nephrology and Hypertension in the Department of Medicine, has been elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
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ALS Therapy Should Target Brain, Not Just Spine
A new study has shown that the degeneration of brain motor neurons in ALS is not merely a byproduct of the spinal motor neuron degeneration, and is a target for future treatments for the disease.
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Statins Cost-Effective in Young Adults
Statin therapy has been shown cost-effective for lowering cholesterol in young adults, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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Mistreatment is Common Among LGBTQ Surgery Residents
U.S. surgical residents who identify as LGBTQ+ reported higher rates of mistreatment in their training programs than their non-LGBTQ+ peers, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.
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Cella to Step Down as Chair of Medical Social Sciences
David Cella, PhD, the Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor, has announced that he will be stepping down as chair of the Department of Medical Social Sciences, the department he helped establish in 2009.
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Predicting Which Glioblastoma Patients Will Respond to Immunotherapy
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a new biomarker to identify which patients with brain tumors called glioblastomas — the most common and malignant of primary brain tumors — might benefit from immunotherapy.
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$12.5 Million to Fund ALS Research at Northwestern
Neurodegenerative Disease Research Inc. has made a five-year, $12.5 million philanthropic commitment to Northwestern to support research in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) led by Teepu Siddique, MD.
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Northwestern Scientists Investigate COVID-19 Vaccines, Tests and Disparities
Northwestern Medicine scientists continue to tackle every facet of the COVID-19 pandemic, from investigating coronavirus vaccines’ potential for providing immunity against similar coronaviruses to developing novel rapid antigen-based tests and examining disparities in COVID-19 case and mortality rates in Chicago.
