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Off Cycle, Off Season, but Not Off Track

Alumni Weekend 2024 provided the opportunity for a new vantage point: seeing the weekend through the eyes of the current Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine students.
In Memoriam

Northwestern Medicine expresses its condolences to the families and friends of the following alumni and faculty who have passed away.
Progress Notes

Sharing news, accomplishments, and important milestones from the alumni of the Feinberg School of Medicine.
Incoming Med Students Celebrate the Beginning of the New Academic Year with White Coat Ceremonies

Med students don white coats for the first time during Feinberg’s White Coat Ceremonies.
Study Identifies Racial Differences in Rare Endometrial Cancer

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that uterine serous carcinoma tumors in Black patients express more aggressive and immunosuppressive features than tumors in white patients, according to a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Non-Neuron Brain Cells Produce a Third of Amyloid Plaque in Alzheimer’s Disease

An international team of investigators have discovered that non-neuron brain cells called oligodendrocytes contribute to approximately one-third of plaque formation alongside that produced by neurons in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a recent study published in Nature Neuroscience.
Imaging Study Provides New Understanding of Brain Communication and Social Interaction

In a Northwestern Medicine study published in Science Advances, scientists sought to better understand how humans evolved to become so skilled at thinking about what’s happening in other peoples’ minds. The findings could have implications for one day treating psychiatric conditions such as anxiety and depression.
Vital Language Sites in the Brain Act Like Connectors in a Social Network

A new Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications may better inform doctors’ decisions about which brain areas to preserve, thereby improving patients’ language function after brain surgery. The study expands the understanding of how language is encoded in the brain and identifies key features of critical sites in the cerebral cortex that work together…
Engineering Human Heart Tissue for Scientific Study

Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a new way to measure heart contraction and electrical activity in engineered human heart tissues, according to findings published in Science Advances.
Combination Treatment Extends Survival in Advanced Bladder Cancer

Immunotherapy administered before and after chemotherapy along with surgical removal of the bladder improved survival compared to chemotherapy alone in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, according to results of a recent clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine.