News and Breakthroughs

Hosted on November 8 by the Lurie Cancer Center’s Cancer Survivorship Institute, the 2019 Cancer Survivorship Symposium brought together 12 speakers and 160 attendees from more than 30 institutions across the Midwest. Attendees were researchers and clinicians from various disciplines, including oncology and hematology, preventive medicine, fertility and reproductive medicine, and biomedical engineering. In addition, attendees in the fields of nursing, social work, and psychology had an opportunity to earn continuing education units.

A previously unknown migration of glioblastoma may explain why current treatments stall out over time, according to a new study.

A new Northwestern University study has discovered that the packing of the three-dimensional genome structure, called chromatin, controls how cells respond to stress.

Treatment successfully delivers drug across the blood-brain barrier directly to brain tumor in mice

These images illustrate the physical reality Northwestern scientists work within, striving to uncover the mysteries of biology, chemistry and medicine.

A cytoskeletal protein called vimentin helps prevent the nuclei of cells that must navigate through tight spaces in the body from rupturing, according to a recent study.

A Northwestern Medicine study reports the first guidelines for treating sebaceous carcinoma, a cancer of the oil glands diagnosed in thousands of patients every year.

A new machine-learning tool demonstrates the clinical potential of ‘junk DNA’ methylation in hepatitis C-associated liver cancer patients without the need for expensive testing.

Northwestern Medicine scientists have created a small molecule that reduces expression of MYC, a cancer-causing protein involved in a wide variety of cancers.

Lymphoma expert Jane Winter, MD, has been elected to the leadership of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). She will serve a one-year term as vice president, followed by successive terms as president-elect and president of ASH, the world’s largest professional society concerned with the causes and treatment of blood disorders.