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Disease Discoveries
May 10, 2023

Improving Immune Responses in Prostate Cancer

Men with high-risk prostate cancer who received immunotherapy treatment with enoblituzumab in the weeks leading up to surgery had favorable rates of disease remission and tumor downgrading after surgery, according to a recent study published in Nature Medicine.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Jan 5, 2023

Direct-to-Consumer Online Platforms Expand Access, but Often Fail to Convey Risks of Testosterone Therapy

Direct-to-consumer platforms for testosterone therapy don’t always provide care in concordance with professional guidelines, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine study.

Disease Discoveries
Oct 10, 2022

Novel Treatment Effective for Bladder Cancer, Study Shows in Mice

An epigenetics drug currently being used for the treatment of blood cancers and rare sarcomas can stop the growth of bladder cancer by activating the immune system, according to a new study.

Disease Discoveries
May 13, 2022

New Regulator of Therapy Resistance in Prostate Cancer

Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified a gene that confers resistance to a common prostate cancer treatment, according to a study published in Cancer Research.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Oct 20, 2021

For Every Man: Northwestern Investigators’ Critical Impact on Prostate Cancer

From teasing out determinants of health disparities to developing precision medicine treatments, clinicians and scientists from the Lurie Cancer Center are dramatically changing the landscape for all men with prostate cancer.

Scientific Advances
May 5, 2021

Uncovering Epigenetic Mechanisms Underlying Cancer Development

Two Northwestern Medicine studies are improving the understanding of epigenetic mechanisms in cancer development and progression, and identifying novel cancer driver genes that may help identify patients who will benefit from immunotherapy.

Scientific Advances
Dec 15, 2020

Identifying Oncogenes through Epigenetic Markers

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that oncogenes contain specific epigenetic markers called broad genic repression domains, which could help identify potential therapeutic targets for cancer treatment.

Education News
Oct 19, 2020

MSTP Student Reflects on Feinberg Experience

Maxwell Edmonds, a third-year medical student in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), recently defended his doctoral thesis on generating testicular organoids and looks back on his Feinberg journey so far.

Disease Discoveries
Oct 13, 2020

Uncovering Racial Differences in Genomic Profiles of Prostate Cancer

A new study found that Black men with metastatic prostate cancer were more likely to have tumor mutations than white or Asian men, highlighting the significance genetic drivers have in increasing one’s risk for developing aggressive prostate cancer.

Disease Discoveries
Sep 16, 2020

New Drug Target for Treatment-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Inhibiting an epigenetic regulator called DOT1L could be a key to slowing treatment-resistant prostate cancer, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine study.

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