Tag: Research
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New Fellowship Providing Opportunity, Resources to Develop Medical Devices
Northwestern’s Center for Device Development is bringing together clinicians and engineers to develop medical devices with guidance from entrepreneurial experts and through a series of real-world experiences.
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Ma Lab Investigating Neurodegeneration in SMA, Parkinson’s Disease
New Northwestern Medicine research is believed to have uncovered a novel therapeutic target for the number one genetic killer of toddlers in the developed world. Yong-Chao Ma, PhD, assistant professor in pediatrics, neurology, and physiology, is also working to uncover the potential of a new target in the fight against Parkinson’s disease.
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Professors Celebrated at Annual Meeting of the Minds
Started by Dean Eric G. Neilson, MD, the annual luncheon celebrating Feinberg’s endowed professors serves as a way to thank and honor these faculty members for their accomplishments and contributions to science, education, and research.
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Student Receives Grant to Pursue Study of Diabetic Retinopathy
Jonathan Chou, a third-year medical student, received a $30,000 grant from Research to Prevent Blindness that will enable him to take a year off from medical school to study the deterioration of eyesight in diabetics.
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Grant Writing Program Guides Community-Engaged Researchers
An innovative year-long pilot program has laid the foundation for training focused on elevating community-engaged research teams to the level of National Institutes of Health funding.
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New Method First to Predict Brain Cancer Outcome
Northwestern Medicine researchers developed a new method to predict an individual patient’s brain tumor growth. This growth forecast will enable physicians to quickly identify how well the tumor is responding to a particular therapy.
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New Way to Kill Lymphoma without Chemotherapy uses Golden Nanoparticles
A new study by C. Shad Thaxton, MD, and Leo Gordon, MD, shows that synthetic HDL nanoparticles killed B-cell lymphoma, the most common form of the disease, in cultured human cells.
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2012: The Year in Review
From groundbreaking research to an exciting new curriculum, Feinberg achieved a number of accomplishments in 2012. Take a look at our top 25 stories.
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Mechanisms Behind Cancer Causing Gene Revealed
One of 11 “death-by-cancer” genes, the role of ubiquitin-specific peptidase 22 in the development of colon and ovarian cancer has been revealed for the first time.
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Northwestern Medicine to Invest $1B in Research
Leaders of Northwestern Medicine have made a transformational commitment of more than $1 billion toward creating a leading medical research enterprise on Northwestern University’s Chicago campus. Constructing additional research space and attracting top scientists to Northwestern will create more opportunities to discover breakthroughs in such areas as neuroscience, heart disease, and diabetes and cancer in…
