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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.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Feb 3, 2022

Gene Therapy Promotes Transfusion Independence for Severe Beta-Thalassemia

A novel gene therapy promoted transfusion independence in more than 90 percent of adult and pediatric patients with transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia, according to a recent clinical trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Scientific Advances
Jan 14, 2022

Genome Editing Made Possible on Cells Lining Blood Vessel Walls

The laboratory of YouYang Zhao, PhD, developed a unique nanoparticle to deliver genome editing technology, including CRISPR/Cas9, to vascular endothelial cells.

Scientific Advances
Dec 15, 2021

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.

Education News
Nov 22, 2021

NUPOC Students Create Teddy Bear Braces for Lurie Children’s Patients

On November 5, students in the Master of Prosthetics & Orthotics (MPO) program through Northwestern’s Prosthetics-Orthotics Center constructed more than 50 braces for teddy bears gifted to pediatric patients at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital.

Campus News
Nov 15, 2021

Inge Joins Lurie Children’s Hospital as Surgeon-in-Chief

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has recruited an internationally recognized surgeon-scientist, Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD, as the hospital’s next surgeon-in-chief.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Oct 19, 2021

Advancing Treatment for B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Tisagenlecleucel, a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy, demonstrated safety and efficacy in pediatric patients with relapsed and refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, according to recent findings.

Disease Discoveries
Sep 23, 2021

New Genetic Mutations Linked to Neurodevelopmental Disease

Northwestern Medicine scientists have characterized several variants of the gene GRIK2 that cause nonsyndromic neurodevelopmental disorder.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Jul 16, 2021

Anti-Seizure Medication Exposure in Pregnancy Doesn’t Harm Child’s Cognitive Outcomes

Children born to women with epilepsy who took anti-seizure medications during pregnancy versus children born to women without epilepsy did not differ in terms of cognitive outcomes and overall neurodevelopment, according to findings published in JAMA Neurology.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Jun 18, 2021

Public Payers Often Underpay Children’s Hospitals

Public payers such as Medicaid more frequently underpaid children’s hospitals when compared to private payers, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

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