Author: kwm107

Celebrating Founders’ Day 2021

Feinberg’s annual Founders’ Day ceremony this year welcomed first- and second-year medical students to campus, and marked the official start of the academic year.
Combination Treatment May Prolong HIV Viral Suppression

A novel combination treatment may increase the ability of monoclonal antibodies to control viral infection in patients diagnosed with HIV.
Investigating Long-Lived Mitochondrial Proteins

A subset of proteins in mitochondria of brain and heart cells are long-lived, supporting the long-term stability of mitochondrial complex architecture.
Ryans Make Historic Gift

Northwestern University Trustees and alumni Patrick G. Ryan and Shirley W. Ryan have made a historic gift to name and endow the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health.
Accepting the Difficult Gifts of a Cancer Diagnosis

During my third year of my internal medicine residency, I diagnosed myself with a brain tumor. Unfortunately, this turned out to be a malignant brain cancer, requiring two brain surgeries, chemotherapy, and radiation.
Gene Implicated in Poor Skin Cancer Therapy Outcomes

Losing a check on T-cell activation in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma cells is associated with poor outcomes, according to a recent study.
New Hope for Antibody to Treat Muscular Dystrophy

Scientists have developed an antibody that they believe can be used to treat muscular dystrophy, reducing muscle scarring in an animal model of the disease.