The Forefront

As cases of measles rise, learn important facts about prevention and vaccination to keep you and your loved ones safe.

Researchers at the University of Chicago developed a nanoparticle-based system that delivers chemotherapy to cancer cells and not normal cells, potentially allowing higher, more effective doses of drugs.

If your child needs to have surgery, Comer Children's Hospital has child life specialists to help make it less scary. They can do things like talk to your child about the surgery process in age-appropriate language and even accompany your child to the operating room.

Bloodless transplant surgeries were developed to treat patients with certain religious beliefs, but they can offer better outcomes for anyone, said Rade Tomic, MD, medical director of UChicago Medicine's Lung Transplant Program.