Tag: Research
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Interventional Radiology Research Projects Lead to Formation of Student Group
Third-year medical students Alexander Sheu and Patrick Tyler received awards at the Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting for their research in the field. This interest led them to start a student group to promote research opportunities and mentoring in the specialty.
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Neon Exposes Hidden ALS Cells, Helps Scientists Study Why They Die
In a new preclinical study, a Northwestern Medicine® scientist has isolated the motor neurons in the brain that die in ALS and, for the first time, dressed them in a green fluorescent jacket. As a result, scientists will now be able to track what goes wrong in these cells to cause their deaths and be…
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New Study Finds Digoxin Safe Despite Recent Reports
A Northwestern Medicine® and University of Alabama study published recently in the European Heart Journal found no evidence that digoxin increases mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the opposite of results just published by another group in the same journal analyzing the same data.
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Building a Human Kidney
Within the next few decades, getting a new kidney could be as simple as having a doctor order an engineered organ that will be developed in the laboratory with a patient’s own cells. Delivery could take a few months and, theoretically, a patient might not need immunosuppressant drugs because his body would recognize the kidney…
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Personalizing Prostate Cancer Screening
With the help of genetics, prostate specific antigen (PSA) screenings may become more accurate and reduce the number of unnecessary prostate biopsies.
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Success Spurs Expansion of ‘Neighbor Carts’ Program
A Northwestern Medicine® study has found Chicago’s Neighbor Carts pilot program last year was profitable for the vendors selling fresh produce and a boon for customers buying fruit, vegetables, and nuts. It was so successful, in fact, that this year the program will expand from eight to 30 carts, with new ones rolling out this…
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Narahashi, Founding Father of Modern Pharmacology, Remembered for Six Decades of Research
Colleagues remember Toshio Narahashi, PhD, John Evans Professor of Pharmacology, for his contributions to the field and his dedication to mentoring.
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Alumni Return to Greet Old Friends, See Evolving Campus
More than 600 alumni, guests, faculty, and students took part in the annual celebration of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine graduates.
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Haiti Cholera Strain Evolves
The cholera strain that transferred to Haiti in 2010 has multiple toxin gene mutations that may account for the severity of disease and is evolving to be more like an 1800s version of cholera, reports a new Northwestern Medicine® study.
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Shedding New Light on Brain Circuit Involved in Parkinson’s
Postdoctoral fellow Kelly Glajch, PhD’12, received a prestigious fellowship from the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation to support the study of neuron signaling changes in the striatum region of the brain, an area associated with the disease.
