medicine

These patients aren’t real. Why are they giving birth?

Fake people, known as human patient simulators, populate a suite of labs on Northeastern’s Boston campus to help students prepare to take care of real…

Aria Bracci October 9, 2018

Researchers identify 36 new genes implicated in cardiac disease

One in four deaths in the United States each year are due to heart disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s the leading…

Allie Nicodemo February 28, 2018

Why plants represent ‘untapped potential’ for innovative drug discovery

From aspirin to the chemotherapy drug Paclitaxel, some of the most important pharmaceuticals are derived from plants. Northeastern doctoral candidate John de la Parra describes…

Allie Nicodemo July 31, 2017

Why do doctors wear white lab coats?

Adam Fischer April 12, 2017

Using biology to engineer better therapeutics

New chemical engineering professor Debra Auguste studies human biology at the cellular level with an eye toward identifying more effective drug delivery therapies.

Joe O'Connell September 12, 2016

Law professor wins prestigious teaching award

Wendy Parmet, the Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law, recently won the Jay Healey Health Law Teachers Award from the American Society of Law, Medicine,…

Joe O'Connell June 7, 2016

Biology is a complex matter

World-renowned systems biologist Leroy Hood said Monday at Northeastern's Profiles in Innovation Presidential Speaker Series that in the next 10 years, he believes we will…

Angela Herring November 6, 2012