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Patient John Polo with oncologist Christine Bestvina, MD, left, and surgeon Jessica Donington, MD.
Thanks to a dramatic response to a clinical trial, patient diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer shows no evidence of disease
Woman staring out of car window in deep thought
New UChicago Medicine study reveals socioeconomically vulnerable women reported having more unwanted sex during early months of the pandemic
Person sleeping wearing CPAP machine
New mobile health technology for sleep apnea care to address individual patient needs
Simultaneous radiation and immunotherapy are beneficial for a subset of lung cancer patients
Depiction of cancerous areas in lungs
Tao Xie, MD, PhD
Bringing equity to research and treatment of Parkinson’s disease
Dmitry Karpeyev, PhD, survived a dangerous cancerous tumor behind his face; now he
First he survived cancer – now he studies it
Vineet Arora, MD, performs with the improv troupe as Marshall Chin, MD, MPH, and members of the troupe look on
How do you teach advancing health equity? Improv may be a (serious) answer
MRI machine
Perfecting MRI as a breast cancer screening tool
Woman with hand on her forehead while having coffee
Hormone therapy experiences vary by race among women in menopause
A pharmacist selects a drug from a display case. A UChicago pharmacologist sees traction in push to lower cancer drug costs.
Policy and prescriptions: UChicago pharmacologist sees traction in push to lower cancer drug costs
Ancient DNA shows people with certain genes were more likely to survive the Black Death
Artistic rendition of Black Death
Monica Peek
Monica Peek, MD, elected to National Academy of Medicine
A liver and body illustration. Increased mitochondria and lipid turnover reduces risk for liver cancer
Increased mitochondria and lipid turnover reduces risk for liver cancer
3d rendered image shown neuromuscular junction, where nerve end splits into several neural end plates on different muscle cells.
$10 million gift to support ALS research, educational outreach at local high schools
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