Year in Review: How Feinberg Scientists Persevered in 2020 with Erin Spain, MS
Breakthroughs host Erin Spain takes a look back on the year 2020 and how Feinberg scientists responded to COVID-19 while publishing high-impact papers unrelated to the pandemic and making vital discoveries across the research enterprise during a difficult time.
— Erin Spain, MS
- Director of Communications, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Host of the Breakthroughs podcast
Episode Notes
January: AI Model Improves Breast Cancer Detection; Artificial Intelligence and Medicine with Mozziyar Etemadi, MD, PhD
February: Uncovering the Cellular Mechanisms Behind Genetic Mutations in ALS
March: New Drug Target Found for COVID-19; Investigating the New Coronavirus with Karla Satchell, PhD, Part 2
April: First Trial Shows Benefit for Genomically Targeted Prostate Cancer Treatment; Treating Aggressive Prostate Cancer with Maha Hussain, MD
May: Wearable Device to Monitor COVID-19 Symptoms with John A. Rogers, PhD
and COVID-19 Antibody Testing with Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD
June: Cancer Cells Hijack Nucleotide Metabolism to Boost Cell Proliferation
July: COVID-19 Complicates Cancer Treatment
August: AI-Enhanced Approach Offers New Hope for Earlier Autism Diagnoses
September: Biological Sex Affects Genes for Body Fat, Cancer, Birth Weight
October: How Amish People Informed a COVID-19 Clinical Trial with Douglas Vaughan, MD
November: Can Exercise Slow Parkinson's Disease Progression? with Daniel Corcos, PhD
December: How Lung Transplants Are Saving COVID-19 Patients with Ankit Bharat, MBBS
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