Tag: Research
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Clinical Trial Assesses Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Drug
A recent clinical trial assessed the efficacy and safety of the drug ibrutinib in patients with Waldenstrom’s macroglobulineaemia, a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, who were not responding to other treatments.
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Medical Student Charts a Map of Memory in the Brain
Kelsey Bowman extended her medical school program from four years to five years to develop a test to map regions of the brain associated with memory.
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Engineering Nanomaterials to Deliver Precise Treatments for Heart Disease
Northwestern Medicine scientists have demonstrated an enhanced approach to targeting a type of inflammatory cell involved in atherosclerosis.
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Antiviral Drug Prevents Recurrence of Hepatitis C in Liver Transplant Patients
Patients with hepatitis C virus infection who received an antiviral drug around the time they underwent liver transplantation saw a high rate of sustained virologic response, according to a Northwestern Medicine clinical trial.
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Testing a New Treatment for Crohn’s Disease
A drug called ustekinumab significantly improved symptoms for patients with moderate to severe Crohn’s disease, according to Northwestern Medicine clinical trials published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Halting Lethal Childhood Leukemia
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a molecular therapy to prevent the growth of a rare pediatric leukemia.
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Student Calls for Firearm Safety in Medical School Curricula
Second-year medical student Arianna Yanes recently published an editorial in JAMA Internal Medicine about incorporating firearm safety into the medical school curricula.
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Fatty Acids May Help Target Ovarian Cancer
A recent study explores the use of metabolic markers to target ovarian cancer stem cells and could improve outcomes of existing therapies.
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2016 in Scientific Imagery
From 3-D printed hyperelastic bones to the nuclear membrane of immature red blood cells, scientific images bring to life the range of research published by Feinberg faculty and students in 2016.
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Investigating the Role of MicroRNAs in Regulating Stem Cells of the Eye
Northwestern Medicine scientists showed how a microRNA family regulates aspects of autophagy and macropinocytosis in the stem cell–enriched limbal epithelium of the eye.
