Tag: Research
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First Blood Test to Diagnose Major Depression in Teens
A Northwestern Medicine scientist has developed the first blood test to diagnose major depression in teens, a breakthrough approach that allows an objective diagnosis by measuring a specific set of genetic markers found in a patient’s blood.
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New Research Study Maps Mental Disorders in Adolescents
For the first time a group of researchers are following teens who are at a high risk for mental illness to track changes that occur in the brain as they live their lives. The study, the Chicago Adolescent Longitudinal Project, aims to not only identify early markers of mental illness but also facilitate early intervention.
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Overweight Moms with Moderately High Blood Sugar Raise Health Risk
A new study from Boyd Metzger, MD,a professor of medicine-endocrinology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, shows women who are just above average for weight and blood sugar are at a higher risk of bad pregnancy outcomes than previously known.
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Lab Using Rabies to Map the Retina
As the only lab making the rabies virus at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Steven DeVries, PhD, and Yongling Zhu, PhD, are using it to explore the retina.
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Record-setting Research Day at Feinberg
More than 290 poster entries were submitted as part of the record-breaking eighth annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day.
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New Drug Halts the Spread of Human Prostate Cancer Cells
A new drug developed by Northwestern Medicine® scientists prevented human prostate cancer cells from spreading to other tissues without any toxic effects to normal cells or tissues. The drug turns off the “go” switch in the cancer cells and immobilizes them.
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Professor Writes a History of the Department of Anesthesiology
Robert Fragen, MD, professor emeritus of anesthesiology, has written a book, “From Promise to Excellence: A History of the Department of Anesthesiology of Northwestern University Medical School from 1966-2010.”
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Harvard’s Donahoe Delivers Distinguished Women in Medicine and Science Lecture
Internationally known for her research on the mechanisms of birth defects, Patricia Donahoe, MD, professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and director of the pediatric surgical research laboratories at Massachusetts General Hospital, presented the 16th annual Distinguished Women in Medicine and Science Lecture on March 22.
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Researchers Discover New Genetic Path for Scleroderma
A genetic pathway previously known for its role in embryonic development and cancer has been identified as a target for systemic sclerosis, or scleroderma, therapy. The finding, discovered by medical school researchers, was recently published in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism.
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In 2010, Ten Million American Children Diagnosed With ADHD
The number of American children leaving doctors’ offices with an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnosis has risen 66 percent in 10 years, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
