Using Cancer’s Strength to Fight Against It

In findings published in Nature, scientists may have found a way around the limitations of engineered T-cells by borrowing a few tricks from cancer itself.

Feinberg Faculty Inducted into American Society for Clinical Investigation

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.

Human Longevity Lab Will Study Methods to Slow or Reverse Aging

The Potocsnak Longevity Institute at Northwestern University Feinberg School of 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.

Wakschlag Honored With 2024 Paula H. Stern Award

Lauren Wakschlag, PhD, professor of Medical Social Sciences, Pediatrics and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, has been awarded the Paula H. Stern Award for Outstanding Women in Science and Medicine by the Northwestern Medical Women Faculty Organization.

‘Heartbeat in a Bottle’ Helps ICU Nurses Provide Comfort to Families Who Have Lost a Loved One

Northwestern Memorial Hospital nurses print off the patient’s last few steady heartbeats from the EKG machine, place the sheet of paper in a glass bottle and attach a ribbon with the patient’s name.

Abdominal Transplant Team Celebrates Major Milestones

The Northwestern Medicine team recently completed 7,000 kidney transplants and 2,500 liver transplants since the organ transplantation program’s inception.

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