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2026, Issue II

Resistance Fighters

Feinberg investigators are developing and testing new strategies to fight pancreatic cancer, with the hope of extending survival rates.
Advances in Computational Genomics

Feinberg scientists advance the use of computational genomics to reveal meaningful DNA insights that improve and save lives.
Transplanting New Hope

New Northwestern Medicine clinical program makes liver transplants more accessible for patients with stage 4 colorectal cancer.
Leading With Precision

Mohamed Abazeed, MD, PhD, chair of Radiation Oncology, steers the department into the next generation of cancer treatment.

Campus News

Research Briefs

Circadian Rhythm Causes Metabolic Dysfunction in Fat Cells

Northwestern Medicine scientists led by Joseph Bass, MD, PhD, the Charles F. Kettering Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism and director of the Center for Diabetes and Metabolism, have discovered how disruptions in circadian rhythm impair metabolic function in fat cells, providing new insights into the molecular mechanisms that cause obesity and metabolic disease, according to…
Little-Used Cholesterol Test Could Prevent More Heart Attacks, Strokes

Study shows apoB testing is more effective and cost-efficient than standard cholesterol tests.
Uncovering Cellular Drivers of Increased Brain Signal Activity

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new insights into how high gamma activity — an informative, widely studied brain signal — is generated, findings that can impact how past and future neurological studies using this signal are interpreted, according to a recent study published in Nature.
Targeting Cellular Mechanisms May Improve Immune Response in Chronic Infections

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified the cellular mechanisms that cause immune cells to differentiate and ultimately lose function during viral infection, findings that could improve treatments to control chronic infections, according to a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Alumni News

Setting Spines Straight

Lawrence Lenke, ’86 MD, has devoted his career to fixing severe spinal deformities and setting new standards for how surgeons treat them.

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2026, Issue I cover; Meeting Patients Close to Home

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