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My Northwestern Medicine July 25, 2018

Cellular Mechanism Protects Organs During Iron Deficiency

Cellular Mechanism Protects Organs During Iron Deficiency

A protein called tristetraprolin is activated during iron deficiency, lowering iron usage and preventing mitochondrial dysfunction, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine study.

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Podcast: Improving LGBTQ Health With Brian Mustanski, PhD

As the director of the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing at Northwestern, Mustanski is leading an effort to study, intervene and improve the health of sexual and gender minority communities.

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MD/PhD Students Showcase Projects

Students and faculty from the Medical Scientist Training Program shared scientific posters and listened to a pioneer physician-scientist discuss life after graduate school at the program’s annual student poster session.

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Teams Aim to Align Care Across Northwestern Medicine

System Collaboratives – multidisciplinary groups that work to improve clinical performance and reduce variation among sites – are forming now to continue developing relationships across the health system.

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Leading-Edge Alternative to Open Heart Surgery

Central DuPage Hospital now offers two FDA-approved transcatheter aortic valve replacement systems; more than 70 of the valve replacements have been performed at the hospital since the first one in late 2016.

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Feinberg Faculty to Lead Neuropathology Society

Daniel Brat, MD, PhD, chair and Magerstadt Professor of Pathology, will serve as president and Eileen Bigio, MD, the Paul E. Steiner Research Professor of Pathology, will serve as vice president of the American Association of Neuropathologists.

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