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My Northwestern Medicine October 6, 2021

Improving Immune Response Against Viral Infections and Disease

Improving Immune Response Against Viral Infections and Disease

Blocking an inhibitory pathway within a subset of specialized T-cells may improve overall immune response against virally driven cancers, according to findings published in Nature.

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Surmeier Wins 2021 Tripartite Prize

D. James Surmeier, PhD, the chair and Nathan Smith Davis Professor of Neuroscience, has been named the winner of the 2021 Tripartite Legacy Faculty Prize in Translational Science and Education.

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Revising Theory of Cancer-Induced Immune Suppression

Many cancers produce an enzyme called IDO that suppresses immune system activity, but the long-held hypothesis of how this mechanism operates requires revision, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.

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New PhD Students Arrive on Campus

Dozens of new PhD students from across the country and around the world have arrived on campus to begin their graduate programs at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

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New Northwestern Medicine Commercial on Local TV Stations

See how Northwestern Medicine oncology and urology teams worked together to treat a patient with stage 4 prostate cancer.

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Wong Honored with NIH New Innovator Award

Yvette Wong, PhD, assistant professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, has received the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, which supports early-career investigators conducting unconventional and innovative research projects.

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Variants of Interest and of Concern with Judd Hultquist, PhD

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