AI May Spare Breast Cancer Patients Unnecessary Treatments

A new AI tool may make it possible to spare breast cancer patients unnecessary chemotherapy treatments by using a more precise method of predicting their outcomes, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Medicine.

Krainc Elected to National Academy of Inventors

Dimitri Krainc, MD, PhD, the Aaron Montgomery Ward Professor and chair of the Davee Department of Neurology and director of the Simpson Querrey Center for Neurogenetics, has been elected to the National Academy of Inventors.

Global Health Day Highlights Pandemic, HIV Research

Northwestern investigators, faculty, students and community partners came together to share and celebrate global health research, education and outreach as part of the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health’s 12th annual Global Health Day.

Drug Extends Survival in Prostate Cancer with Genetic Mutations

Men with hormone-resistant prostate cancer and specific genetic mutations who were treated with the drug olaparib survived longer than men treated with traditional hormone therapy, according to a recent study.

Northwestern Medicine Transplant Patient and Physician Share a Passion for Cycling

Holidays take on new meaning for three-time liver and one-time kidney transplant survivor Will Fleming.

Patients Can Soon Choose Non-Binary Sex Designation

Patients who are nonbinary, intersex or transgender may opt to use “X” instead of male “M” or female “F” as a sex designation on identification documents at Northwestern Medicine hospitals and clinics starting Dec. 18.

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