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Predicting Major Blood Transfusion During Spine Surgery
A new model uses variables that can be determined before operating.
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Future Childbearing Less Likely after Cesarean Deliveries
Women in the United States who have cesarean sections are less likely to continue childbearing than those who deliver vaginally, but this relationship weakens for women living below the poverty line.
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Graduate Students Receive Innovation to Commercialization Fellowship
Two medical school graduate students received Innovation to Commercialization Fellowships to develop skills to be successful innovators and entrepreneurs.
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Target Identified to Inhibit Prostate Cancer Cells
Prostate cancer cells producing too much PIM1 are particularly sensitive to the inhibition of a protein called polo-like kinase (PLK1).
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Air Pollution Shown to Increase Lung Inflammation and Blood Clots
Northwestern Medicine scientists demonstrate that exposure to air pollution causes a stress response characterized by elevation in the level of the stress hormone adrenaline.
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Goldberger Awarded Schweitzer Fellowship to Help Incarcerated Women
Third-year medical student Adina Goldberger will use her Schweitzer Fellowship to develop and implement a discussion-based preventative health program for women currently incarcerated in the Cook County Jail.
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Diabetes Drug Inhibits Cancer Growth
Metformin, a drug used to lower insulin levels in diabetics, has been shown to halt tumor progression by cutting cancer cells’ energy supply.
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Medical Scientist Training Program Celebrates 50 Years
MSTP celebrated its 50th anniversary with a poster session and reception attended by students, alumni and faculty.
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Resident Receives Marco Ellis Legacy Award
Kimberly Golden, MD, a third-year pathology resident, was presented with the 2014 Marco Ellis Legacy Award for her extraordinary contributions to the McGaw Diversity Council.
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The Role of Signaling Pathways in Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
Daniela Menichella, MD, PhD, assistant professor in Neurology, studies the mechanism and role of the protein chemokine SDF-1 and its receptor CXCR4 in Painful Diabetic Neuropathy.
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Leader in Peripheral Nerve Surgery Arrives at Northwestern
Michel Kliot, MD, an expert and leader in peripheral nerve disorders, joined Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine as a professor in Neurological Surgery.
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Remembering Sherman Elias, MD, Former Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sherman Elias, MD, ’78 GME, former chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology and professor emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology-Clinical Genetics, passed away on July 14. He was 67.
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Northwestern No. 1 in Illinois and Chicago in U.S. News’ 2014 ‘Best Hospitals’ Ranking
Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Lake Forest Hospital continue to earn national recognition as part of the U.S. News & World Report ranking of America’s Best Hospitals.
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Skin Gel Stops Breast Cancer Growth Without Dangerous Side Effects
A new Northwestern Medicine study found a gel form of tamoxifen applied to the breasts of women with noninvasive breast cancer has fewer side effects than the same drug taken in oral form.
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Protein Pak2 May be an Essential Regulator in T-cell Development
Hyewon Phee, PhD, assistant professor in Microbiology-Immunology, showed that a lack of the protein Pak2 in immune cells may lead to immunodeficiency in patients.
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Feinberg Selected for New American Heart Association Network
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has joined a research network funded by the American Heart Association to promote cardiovascular health and prevent death from heart disease and strokes.
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Northwestern Ranks 14th Worldwide for Highly Cited Researchers
With 29 researchers on the list – six of them scientists from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine – Northwestern ranks 14th among institutions with the highest number of highly cited researchers.
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Study Helps Explain Chronic Inflammation in Colon Cancer
Scientists from Northwestern Medicine and the University of Chicago identified elevated levels of a regulatory protein called beta-catenin in the T-cells of patients with colon cancer.
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Investigating Follicle Development
Robin Skory, an MD/PhD student, worked in the lab of Teresa Woodruff, PhD, to study follicle development and fertility preservation.
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McNally to Lead Center for Genetic Medicine
Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD, has been named the Elizabeth J. Ward Chair and director of the Center for Genetic Medicine.
