My Northwestern Medicine October 28, 2026

Understanding How Immune Cells Can Drive Blindness

Understanding How Immune Cells Can Drive Blindness

A Northwestern Medicine study has identified a previously unrecognized population of immune cells that appears to fuel harmful blood vessel growth in multiple blinding eye diseases.

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Investigating How Brain Tumors Evolve

A new study sheds light on how two major types of brain tumors progress over time, offering critical biological insights that could guide treatment decisions.

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Ovaries Remain Biologically Active Even Decades After Menopause

Scientists have found that in the decades well past menopause, the ovary remains biologically active and continues to remodel with age, showing increased inflammation and changes in tissue structure.

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Symposium Highlights Community-Engaged Research

A recent symposium brought together faculty, trainees, staff and community members to discuss advancing equitable healthcare, addressing health disparities and building momentum for community-engaged research.

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The Future of Structural Heart Care at Northwestern Medicine

Anita W. Asgar, MD, shares what excites her most about the future of structural heart care at Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, from therapies designed to address aortic regurgitation to clinical trials evaluating transcatheter tricuspid and mitral valve treatments.

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One Patient’s Journey to an Awake Kidney Transplant

Brad Szczecinski's first kidney transplant was nearly 30 years ago. Go inside the operating room as Satish N. Nadig, MD, PhD, performs this rare surgery for this patient’s second transplant.

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Decoding the Immune Response in Early-Stage Bladder Cancer with Joshua Meeks, MD, PhD

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