Disease Discoveries
Improving Interferon Therapy for Blood Cancers
Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered a novel signaling pathway activated by interferons, a group of…
Disease Discoveries
Northwestern Investigates COVID-19: Antibodies, Global Surveillance, Women in Research
Northwestern Medicine continues to help advance the understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic and its widespread impact, from investigating antibody protection against COVID-19 reinfection to elevating women in academic research to highlighting racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 hospital mortality in Illinois.
Education News
New Course Preps Medical Students for the Next Disaster
Feinberg students are being trained in a two-week emergency preparedness course on how to manage natural disasters, mass shootings or pandemics.
Clinical Breakthroughs
Teaching AI to Read Fetal Ultrasound in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Northwestern Medicine and Google are collaborating on a project to bring fetal ultrasound to developing countries by combining AI (artificial intelligence), low-cost hand-held ultrasound devices and a smartphone.
Disease Discoveries
Pursuing Deeper Understanding about the Most Common Type of Heart Failure
Of the estimated five million patients in the U.S. diagnosed with heart failure annually, nearly half will have heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and at the forefront of HFpEF research are Feinberg investigators.
Disease Discoveries
Nanoparticle-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Could Target Future Infectious Diseases
A new publication outlines the structure-function relationships between the first spherical nucleic acid vaccine developed to protect against viral infections, including COVID-19.
Campus News
Feinberg Hosts 2022 Research Retreat
Nearly 200 principal investigators gathered recently at the Fairmont Hotel for discussion and brainstorming to generate the research priorities that will help guide the Feinberg research enterprise for the next five years.
Scientific Advances
New Function for Glucose Metabolism Enzyme
The function of the mitochondrial enzyme hexokinase 1 differs depending on its location within the cell, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.
Campus News
Pathology Chair: Evolution of Brain Tumor Classification
Daniel Brat, MD, PhD, has been heavily involved in the process of moving molecular genetic biomarkers for glioma from the bench to the beside.
Education News
Celebrating Match Day 2022
On Match Day, fourth-year medical students celebrated their success as they learned where they will spend the next three to seven years as residents.
Campus News
Honoring Achievement with AOA
In a ceremony on March 15, the Feinberg chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society welcomed 43 new student, faculty, alumni and housestaff members.
Scientific Advances
Transcription Factors Cooperate to Promote Cancer Growth
A well-established cancer cell transcription factor and its newly identified co-factor work together to drive cancer cell proliferation, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Science Advances.
Clinical Breakthroughs
Exposure to Artificial Light During Sleep May Increase Risk of Heart Disease and Diabetes
Exposure to even moderate ambient lighting during nighttime sleep, harms cardiovascular function during sleep and increases your insulin resistance, according to a new study.
Scientific Advances
Exploring Flow Transport in Egg Cells
Motor proteins “slingshot” microtubules within developing egg cells of fruit flies, creating a current that transports mRNA to a developing egg.
Campus News
Director of Center for Aging and HIV: Increasing Patient Lifespan and ‘Healthspan’
Frank Palella, MD, is working towards increasing the lifespan and “healthspan” of people living with HIV through research, education and patient care as director of the new Potocsnak Center for Aging and HIV.
Clinical Breakthroughs
First Potential Immunization Against RSV for Healthy Infants Found Highly Effective in Phase 3 Trial
A new drug has been shown to be highly effective against pediatrics infections caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
Disease Discoveries
Racial and Neighborhood Disparities in Breast Cancer
Black women with early hormone receptor-positive breast cancer experienced shorter relapse-free intervals and overall survival compared with white women, according to findings published in JAMA Oncology.
Education News
Second-year Medical Students Help Address Food Insecurity
As part of their second-year MD curriculum, a group of Feinberg students recently designed and implemented a community quality improvement project on food insecurity.
Clinical Breakthroughs
Glucocorticoids Enhance Muscles Through Sex-Specific Pathways
Glucocorticoid steroids improved muscle performance through distinct, sex-specific mechanisms, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.
Disease Discoveries
Potassium Channel Dysfunction in Genetic Epilepsy
Northwestern Medicine scientists discovered functional links between dozens of potassium channel gene variants and neonatal epilepsy.
Scientific Advances
Proactive Machine Learning Could Speed Healthcare Innovation
Shifting machine learning workflows to a proactive model could speed data collection and analysis, according to a viewpoint published in JAMA.
Clinical Breakthroughs
Good Outcomes in COVID-19 Lung Transplants
Patients with COVID-19-associated lung disease who received lung transplants had similar outcomes compared to patients without COVID-19, according to a study published in JAMA.
Clinical Breakthroughs
Intensive Crohn’s Treatment is Safe
Intensive treatment for patients with Crohn’s disease showed no safety differences compared to the current standard of care.
Scientific Advances
Investigators Identify New Connections Between Circadian Rhythm and Muscle Repair
Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered a novel mechanism that connects circadian rhythm-controlled cellular metabolism and regeneration with muscle repair after injury.
Clinical Breakthroughs
Optimizing Balance of Treatments in Prostate Cancer
Patients receiving radiotherapy to treat high-risk prostate cancer benefit from androgen deprivation therapy, and length of treatment may be dependent on radiation deliver, according to a recent study.
Disease Discoveries
Genetics of Eosinophilic Colitis Revealed
A genetic analysis indicates eosinophilic colitis is distinct from other eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases and inflammatory bowel disease, according to a recent study.
Clinical Breakthroughs
New Treatment for Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer
The drug darolutamid, administered with standard androgen-deprivation therapy and docetaxel chemotherapy, increased survival in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.
Disease Discoveries
Investigating Prevalence Risk of Familial Heart Failure
Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) was found to have a familial etiology in 30 percent of individuals diagnosed with DCM, and the overall risk for a family member of developing DCM was nearly 20 percent by the age of 80.
Clinical Breakthroughs
Possible Third Cure To HIV: Progress in a Time of Regression
Associate vice president of research Richard D’Aquila, MD, shares his perspective on the news of a possible third person cured of HIV, and the progress of HIV research in the future.
Disease Discoveries
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Increases Risk of Maternal Mortality and Obstetric Complications
Pregnant and postpartum individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy have an increased risk of maternal mortality or morbidity from obstetric complications, according to a recent study.
