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Breakthroughs

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Music-Based Medical Interventions with Borna Bonakdarpour, MD
Ep 35267325May 10, 2022
16 min
Music-Based Medical Interventions with Borna Bonakdarpour, MD

Music-based medical interventions can have remarkable therapeutic benefits for patients diagnosed with cognitive impairments such as Alzheimer's disease, dementia and Aphasia. Cogn...

Life-Changing Gene Therapy for Beta-Thalassemia Patients with Jennifer Schneiderman, MD
Ep 35267326Apr 25, 2022
19 min
Life-Changing Gene Therapy for Beta-Thalassemia Patients with Jennifer Schneiderman, MD

A novel gene therapy promoted transfusion independence in more than 90 percent of adult and pediatric patients with transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia. Study co-author Jennifer...

Pet Dogs Advance Glioblastoma Research with Amy Heimberger, MD
Ep 35267327Apr 5, 2022
19 min
Pet Dogs Advance Glioblastoma Research with Amy Heimberger, MD

Man's best friend is helping scientists find new treatments for brain tumors. Amy Heimberger, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon with extensive training and experience in the fi...

Advancing Mental Health Research, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern with Sachin Patel, MD, PhD
Ep 35267328Mar 29, 2022
17 min
Advancing Mental Health Research, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern with Sachin Patel, MD, PhD

Sachin Patel, MD, PhD, is the new chair and Lizzie Gilman Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Feinberg and psychiatrist-in-chief at Northwestern Memorial Hospital's ...

Supporting Frontline Gun Violence Workers with Judith Moskowitz, PhD
Ep 35267329Mar 21, 2022
19 min
Supporting Frontline Gun Violence Workers with Judith Moskowitz, PhD

According to the CDC, more Americans died of gun-related injuries in 2020 than in any other year on record. Judith Moskowitz, a social psychologist and professor of Medical Social ...

Lewy Body Dementias and the Immune System with David Gate, PhD
Ep 35267330Feb 21, 2022
23 min
Lewy Body Dementias and the Immune System with David Gate, PhD

David Gate, PhD, assistant professor of The Ken & Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, discusses his study on the detrimental role the immune system plays in Lewy body dementias. G...

Declining Heart Health in Most Pregnant Women with Sadiya Khan, MD and Natalie Cameron, MD
Ep 35267331Feb 14, 2022
15 min
Declining Heart Health in Most Pregnant Women with Sadiya Khan, MD and Natalie Cameron, MD

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. and according to a new Northwestern Medicine study published in the journal Circulation, about s...

Experimental Strategies in Organ Transplantation with Satish Nadig, MD, PhD
Ep 35267332Feb 1, 2022
16 min
Experimental Strategies in Organ Transplantation with Satish Nadig, MD, PhD

In response to the first successful animal heart transplant into a human patient, internationally renowned transplant surgeon Satish Nadig, MD, PhD, reviews some of the scientific ...

A Vaccine Pathway for Herpes Virus with Gregory Smith, PhD
Ep 35267333Jan 24, 2022
17 min
A Vaccine Pathway for Herpes Virus with Gregory Smith, PhD

Gregory Smith, professor of Microbiology-Immunology at Feinberg, has been investigating a path to long-needed vaccine development for herpes virus. He recently published findings i...

Leading Family & Community Medicine at Northwestern with Deborah Smith Clements, MD
Ep 35267334Jan 4, 2022
17 min
Leading Family & Community Medicine at Northwestern with Deborah Smith Clements, MD

Since coming to Northwestern in 2013, Deborah Smith Clements, MD, chair of Family & Community Medicine, has established three thriving family medicine residency programs and has be...

Immunotherapy for Glioblastoma with Adam Sonabend, MD
Ep 35267335Dec 20, 2021
18 min
Immunotherapy for Glioblastoma with Adam Sonabend, MD

Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment over the last few decades, though not for glioblastoma — the most common and deadly malignant brain tumor. However, Northwestern M...

COVID-19 Boosters Increase Protection with Alexis Demonbreun, PhD
Ep 35267336Dec 6, 2021
14 min
COVID-19 Boosters Increase Protection with Alexis Demonbreun, PhD

What do we know about the effectiveness of COVID-19 boosters, and how might they better protect us from new variants such as omicron? Alexis Demonbreun, PhD, assistant professor of...

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