Tag: Research
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Heart Failure Risk Similar for Blacks, Whites
Lifetime risk for heart failure is similar for blacks and whites and higher than expected for both groups, according to a new Northwestern Medicine® study.
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Hospitals Measuring Up for Medicare Reimbursement
A new study gives an early look at how hospitals are measuring up under the new, mandatory Hospital Inpatient Value-Based Purchasing Program that went into effect October 2012. Hospitals receive financial rewards or penalties according to achievement or improvement on several publicly reported quality measures.
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Seifert Presented Second Consecutive MERIT Award
Hank Seifert, PhD, has received a second-consecutive Method to Extend Research in Time Award, an extremely rare honor for NIH-funded scientists.
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Viral Protein Hijacks Cellular Machinery to Invade Nervous System
Northwestern Medicine® scientists have identified a component of the herpesvirus that “hijacks” machinery inside human cells, allowing the virus to rapidly and successfully invade the nervous system upon initial exposure.
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Genome Collaboration Leads to Prostate Cancer Finding
Published in Nature Genetics, new research has helped outline the benefits of whole genome sequencing in validating the genes associated with a person’s susceptibility to prostate cancer.
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New Chemo Drug Found to be Gentler on Fertility, Tough on Cancer
A new gentler chemotherapy drug in the form of nanoparticles has been designed by Northwestern Medicine scientists to be less toxic to a young woman’s fertility but extra tough on cancer. This is the first cancer drug tested while in development for its effect on fertility using a novel in vitro test.
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Northwestern Partners in Consortium to Develop New Ways to Treat Macular Degeneration
Northwestern University scientists are part of a multi-institution interdisciplinary consortium that has been awarded a $6.2 million grant over five years from the National Eye Institute to develop new treatments for exudative age-related macular degeneration.
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Oxygen Exposure Linked to Pulmonary Hypertension in Preterm Babies
Research findings from the lab of Kathryn Farrow, MD, PhD, associate professor in pediatrics-neonatology, illustrate that common treatment options may be detrimental to a newborn’s health.
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Antidepressants for Pregnant Moms Don’t Affect Infants’ Growth
Allaying previous concerns, a Northwestern Medicine® scientist found that an infant’s growth was not impacted by its mother taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants during pregnancy.
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Genes Identify Breast Cancer Risk and May Aid Prevention
A newly identified set of genes may predict which women are at high risk for getting breast cancer that is sensitive to estrogen and, therefore, would be helped by taking drugs to prevent it, reports a new Northwestern Medicine® study.
