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Clinical Breakthroughs
Sep 13, 2023

Physicians and Medical Students Delay Childbearing, Family Building Due to Medical Training

More than 60 percent of physicians and medical students reporting delaying having children and building a family due to medical training, with half also having regretted doing so, according to recent survey findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Sep 8, 2023

First Device to Monitor Transplanted Organs, Detect Early Signs of Rejection

Northwestern University investigators have developed the first electronic device for continuously monitoring the health of transplanted organs in real time.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Jul 7, 2023

Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics Decrease Infection Rates in Pancreas Surgery

Administering broad-spectrum antibiotics before surgery to remove pancreas tumors may decrease the chances of surgical site infection, according to a recent study published in JAMA.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Jun 30, 2023

Designing Surfaces to Improve Bone Grafts

New research from Northwestern investigators has demonstrated a method for engineering bone surfaces to improve the quality of bone grafts.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Jun 14, 2023

Multicenter Trial Finds Using Circulatory Death Donors is Safe and Effective for Heart Transplantation

A new study has confirmed that circulatory death donor hearts that are reanimated and perfused with blood outside of the body are as safe and effective to transplant as brain death donor hearts preserved using traditional cold storage.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Feb 17, 2023

Frailty Linked to Worse Quality of Life After Liver Transplant

Liver transplant recipients who met the criteria for frailty had comparatively worse quality of life after their transplant, according to a new multicenter study published in JAMA Surgery.

Disease Discoveries
Aug 2, 2022

New Therapeutic Approach Could Prevent Injury to Fragile Transplanted Lungs

Investigators identified a molecular “brake” that can reduce the activation of damaging cells known to cause primary graft dysfunction — a leading culprit in lung transplant failure.

Campus News
Jul 12, 2022

Levitsky Selected as President-elect of American Society of Transplantation

Josh Levitsky, MD, ’08 MS, has been selected as president-elect of the American Society of Transplantation (AST).

Clinical Breakthroughs
Mar 2, 2022

Good Outcomes in COVID-19 Lung Transplants

Patients with COVID-19-associated lung disease who received lung transplants had similar outcomes compared to patients without COVID-19, according to a study published in JAMA.

Campus News
Feb 8, 2022

Transplant Chief: Next Era of Transplantation is Approaching

Satish Nadig, MD, PhD, is looking to build on Northwestern’s strong foundation of transplant initiatives and push forward into a new era of transplantation.

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Investigating the Link Between Iron Deficiency and Regulation of Cell Growth

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