The Forefront

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A groundbreaking operation that implanted lab-grown stem cells into Jonathan Nemeth's brain has quieted his seizures. The approach, said Peter Warnke, MD, Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at the University of Chicago Medicine, is "truly restorative" for some patients with epilepsy.

After being diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma at age 28, Mara Aguirre postponed her wedding plans. After doing fertility preservation, she enrolled in a clinical trial at the University of Chicago Medicine for treatment. Today, she is cancer-free, and a charity provided her with a beautiful wedding.

Laura Valentine's case was medically complex, but a "metropolis" of experts at UChicago Medicine came together to give her a new heart and liver. Less than a year later, she's already running 5K races and working on a doctoral degree.