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Clinical Breakthroughs
Mar 9, 2022

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).

Clinical Breakthroughs
Feb 18, 2022

Drug Combination Fails to Improve Outcomes in Influenza

A new combination of antiviral drugs did not improve clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with severe influenza, warranting further investigation into new therapeutic strategies, according to a recent clinical trial.

Disease Discoveries
Feb 4, 2022

Northwestern Investigates COVID-19: Omicron, Children and Pandemic’s Impact on Sexual Minorities

Northwestern Medicine investigators continue to study the COVID-19 pandemic, from the biological mechanisms of disease and infection patterns to the pandemic’s impact on women and sexual and gender minorities.

Disease Discoveries
Feb 3, 2022

Why COVID-19 Surveillance in Nigeria Is Critical

A recent Northwestern Medicine study found global efforts to track variants grossly underreported a probable variant of concern, Eta, circulating in Nigeria in early 2021.

Disease Discoveries
Nov 19, 2021

Respiratory Virus Reprograms Airway Epithelial Cells

Respiratory syncytial virus infection during infancy results in metabolic reprogramming in epithelial cells lining the airway, according to a recent study.

Disease Discoveries
Oct 28, 2021

How Cells Defend Against Influenza A Virus

Human cells use a protein named TBC1D5 to “trap and kill” influenza A viruses inside host cells, but the virus encodes its own protein to disable this defense.

Campus News
Sep 23, 2021

Northwestern Scientists Explore Impacts of Genomic Variation In Disease In NIH Project

Northwestern Medicine is part of the research team on a $185 million NIH project that will explore the millions of genetic variants that cause disease around the world.

Disease Discoveries
Aug 27, 2021

Investigating COVID-19: Vaccine Effectiveness, Mechanisms of Infection and Child Hospitalization

Northwestern Medicine scientists continue to investigate all aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic: from molecular mechanisms of infection, to child hospitalization and single-dose vaccine response.

Campus News
May 5, 2021

New Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution

The Institute for Global Health (IGH) has established the Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution which will apply lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic to the tracking and prevention of future threats.

Disease Discoveries
Mar 23, 2021

Northwestern Medicine Scientists Track COVID-19 Variants

Since March 2020, a team of Northwestern Medicine scientists have been tracking the evolution of SARS- CoV-2, specifically in the city of Chicago. Their work has been pivotal in understanding how the virus spread to Chicago and what new variants have emerged in the city.

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