First Transient Electronic Bandage Speeds Healing by 30 Percent

Northwestern University scientists have developed a first-of-its-kind small, flexible, stretchable bandage that accelerates healing by delivering electrotherapy directly to the wound site.

Early Therapeutic Interventions for Diabetic Retinopathy Don’t Help Patients

Patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy who received early therapeutic intervention saw no improvement in visual acuity compared to patients given a placebo, according to a recent clinical trial.

Kimberly Prize Lecture: Jennifer A. Doudna, PhD

Please join us for a lecture by the inaugural recipient of the Kimberly Prize in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Nobel laureate Jennifer A. Doudna, PhD: “A Decade of CRISPR: What's Ahead for Genome Editing.”

Medical Student Presents Research at Spine Society Meeting

Samuel Reyes, a second-year medical student, recently presented at the Cervical Spine Research Society annual meeting in San Diego.

Kennedy Awarded Sloan Research Fellowship

Ann Kennedy, PhD, assistant professor of Neuroscience, has been awarded a 2023 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Heart Transplant Allows Mom to Dance at Son’s Wedding

Vicki Strawn’s heart was once so severely damaged that she needed a lifesaving heart transplant, but the retired preschool teacher says she is grateful for the gift of life after her transplant.

Pride: More Than a Month with Becca Sebree

Meet Becca Sebree (they/them), LCSW, who is helping people navigate gender-affirming care in the Northwestern Medicine Gender Pathways Program.

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