First Spherical Nucleic Acid Drug Targets Brain Cancer

The first drug using spherical nucleic acids to be systemically given to humans, developed by Northwestern University scientists, has been approved for an early-stage clinical trial in the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma multiforme.

Innovating Medical Education

Northwestern faculty are at the forefront of a competency-based education called mastery learning which not only improves procedural and communication skills at the bedside, but also leads to better patient outcomes, retained skills and reduced healthcare costs.

Physician Provides Multigenerational Care

A mother and daughter share how Edmond Confino, MD, reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist, has provided care for both of them over the years.

Leaving Segregated Neighborhoods Reduces Blood Pressure for Blacks

Systolic blood pressure for African-American patients dropped between one to five points when they moved to less segregated neighborhoods, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Defining the Essential Attributes of a Northwestern Nurse

As part of the first major system-wide nursing initiative, the health system lays out the five attributes that define a Northwestern Medicine nurse and help them stand apart from their peers at other hospitals.

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