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Read the latest news from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Department of Medicine. The links below take you to articles where you can learn more about our faculty’s latest achievements, awards and honors.
- 05.02.2024
Starving out tumor cells may be a promising therapy for treatment-resistant lung cancer, according to a study published in Science Advances.
- 04.29.2024
A multi-institutional team of investigators has discovered that targeting a specific protein interaction within immunosuppressive breast cancer cells may increase antitumor immune responses, according to findings published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
- 04.23.2024
Feinberg investigators have been selected to lead a $15 million American Heart Association research initiative studying the role of inflammation in heart disease.
- 04.17.2024
A multi-institutional team of investigators have developed a new framework for supporting healthcare providers in implementing polygenic risk score-based testing into primary care settings, according to a recent study published in Nature Medicine.
- 04.15.2024
Combining multiple heart disease drugs into a single “polypill” can lower bad cholesterol and blood pressure, boost medication adherence, and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and death, according to a meta-analysis of recent clinical trials published in Nature Medicine.
- 04.11.2024
Recent studies from Feinberg scientists have uncovered new insights into these disorders, elucidating the mechanisms behind Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
- 04.08.2024
A recent Northwestern Medicine study has discovered a previously unknown molecular mechanism that supports antitumor responses and cell survival in cytotoxic immune cells, according to findings published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
- 04.03.2024
Scientists have developed a machine-learning approach to track the evolution of the COVID-19 virus and potentially others, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
- 03.28.2024
Investigators led by Issam Ben-Sahra, PhD, have discovered how cellular metabolism fluctuates in response to changes in levels of pyrimidines, metabolites used by cells to make DNA and RNA, according to a recent study published in Science.
- 03.14.2024
A recent Northwestern Medicine study sheds light on the mechanisms of a specific protein that is necessary for the production of IgA antibodies in the gut in response to food allergens, according to findings published in the journal Mucosal Immunology.
- 03.12.2024
As GLP-1 receptor agonist medications like semaglutide have been shown to be effective at helping patients lose weight, scientists are now asking, whether they can treat other conditions where obesity is a risk factor. Most recently, initial studies have shown that they can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by reducing overall body weight.
- 03.12.2024
Faculty, residents, trainees and students from Feinberg, the local community and beyond recently came together for Health Equity Week, a week-long series of educational programming designed to expose the roots of healthcare inequities as well as avenues to addressing them.
- 03.06.2024
Recent work from the laboratory of Elena Martinelli, PhD, MPH, has discovered how inhibiting an immune cell singling pathway in a model of HIV-1 infection may promote immune responses and decrease viral persistence in conjunction with antiretroviral therapy.
- 02.29.2024
Specific immunosuppressants and immunotherapy are not enough to prevent organ rejection in patients undergoing skin cancer treatment who have also received a kidney transplant, according to a clinical trial published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
- 02.27.2024
Brian Garibaldi, MD, MEHP, professor of Medicine and of Physiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has been named the Charles Horace Mayo Professor of Medicine and the inaugural director of the new Center for Bedside Medicine at Northwestern.
- 02.26.2024
A two-year follow-up clinical trial found that a personalized cellular therapy treatment for relapsed or refractory B-cell lymphoma demonstrated high safety and improved overall survival in patients, according to findings published in Blood.
- 02.23.2024
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered the Achilles heel of chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer — its hunger for cholesterol — and how to sneakily use that to destroy it.
- 02.12.2024
Northwestern Medicine has launched the Human Longevity Laboratory, a longitudinal, cross-sectional study that will investigate the relationship between chronological age and biological age and validate interventions that may reverse or slow down the processes of aging.
- 02.09.2024
Four Feinberg faculty have been inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and three additional Feinberg faculty have been honored with the ASCI Young Physician-Scientist Award.
- 01.31.2024
Anti-inflammatory drugs alone are not sufficient to prevent pancreas inflammation following a common endoscopic procedure, according to a study recently published in The Lancet.
- 01.30.2024
A recent study from the laboratory of Joseph Bass, MD, PhD, has revealed how transcription factors within individual cells influence the identity and function of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, according to findings published in Cell Metabolism.
- 01.25.2024
A lack of cancer progression could be used as a surrogate for overall survival in newly metastatic prostate cancer clinical trials, according to a new meta-analysis published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
- 01.23.2024
Northwestern University scientists have developed the first selective nanoparticle therapy to prevent allergic reactions, which can range in severity from itchy hives and watery eyes to trouble breathing and even death.
- 01.19.2024
A new Northwestern Medicine study has identified short strands of toxic RNAs that contribute to brain cell death and DNA damage in Alzheimer’s and aged brains.
- 01.17.2024
Nearly two-thirds of patients with diabetes either discontinued their second-line medication, switched to a different medication class or intensified their treatment, according to a recent study.
- 01.16.2024
Investigators led by Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD, the Elizabeth J. Ward Professor of Genetic Medicine and director of the Center for Genetic Medicine, have discovered previously unknown protein interactions in the heart’s atrium that are critical for normal heart function, according to findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
- 01.05.2024
Mary Kwasny, ScD, professor of Preventive Medicine in the Division of Biostatistics, has received the American Statistical Association’s (ASA) Founders Award, the highest award the organization bestows for distinguished service.
- 01.04.2024
By profiling the inflammatory cells types in joint tissue biopsy samples, scientists have characterized six subtypes of rheumatoid arthritis, an approach that could help physicians tailor more effective treatment strategies for patients based on disease type, according to findings published in Nature.
- 01.03.2024
Taking inspiration from the human brain, scientists have developed a new synaptic transistor capable of higher-level thinking, according to results published in the journal Nature.