Stories
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The planned Department of Cancer Biology will be the center of cancer-related research for the Stritch School of Medicine
The planned new department will provide a structure through which Loyola University Chicago’s biomedical graduate programs will train the next generation of students and research scientists in cancer-related fields.
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Laura Dugas, PhD, MPH, talks obesity on "Science Vs" podcast
We’ve always been told to get off the couch and stop eating junk food if you want to lose weight – but is the obesity epidemic that simple?LEARN MORE -
Francis Alonzo, PhD, awarded the Junior Scientist of the Year award
Dr. Alonzo is examining what gives Staphylococcus aureus the ability to maneuver past the body’s natural defenses. Figuring out these mechanisms could help lead to non-antibiotic based and more effective treatments for staph and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections.
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Mashkoor Choudhry, MPhil, PhD, receives Senior Scientist of the Year award
Dr. Choudhry and his team are studying the hypothesis that being exposed to alcohol increases the suppression of the immune system of the intestines and breaks down their natural barriers, eventually causing sepsis (blood infection) and multi-organ failure.
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New study shows more breast cancers were diagnosed at early stage after Affordable Care Act took effect
A Loyola University Chicago study published this month has found an increase in the percentage of breast cancer patients who were diagnosed in early Stage 1, after the Affordable Care Act took effect.
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Loyola researchers develop enhanced test for urinary tract infections
A new enhanced test, developed at Loyola University Chicago, detects significantly more bacteria than the standard test, according to a study presented at a meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in New Orleans.
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Loyola study reveals a crucial feature common to Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's Diseases
A Loyola University Chicago study has found that abnormal proteins found in Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and Huntington’s disease all share a similar ability to cause damage when they invade brain cells.
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'Excitement' of cancer care leads Naperville doctor to treatment advances
Naperville oncologist Dr. Patrick Stiff says it's his personality as an "excitement junkie" that led him to a career in cancer research instead of, say, internal medicine.READ MORE -
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Neuroscience PhD student leads study showing teenage binge drinking can affect future kids
More than 5 million underage Americans report binge drinking at least once a month, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and AlcoholismLEARN MORE -
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Faces of Loyola: Clodia Osipo, PhD
During the month of October, Loyola recognizes not just the patients who are fighting breast cancer, but our care team who help them along the way – by their side or behind the scenes. Clodia Osipo, PhD, is working to find a cure for breast cancer in Loyola’s Breast Cancer Research Program.WATCH VIDEO -
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Loyola celebrates grand opening of translational research center
Cancer, public health, cardiovascular, and infectious disease researchers alike showed off their new state-of-the-art labs on April 21, to mark the grand opening of Loyola University Chicago’s Center for Translational Research and Education (CTRE).
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The heart of the matter
The state-of-the-art lab on the top floor of the new Center for Translational Research and Education is nearly 9,000 miles away from Pattiveeranpatti, Tamilnadu, India. Both are home to Dr. Sakthivel Sadayappan, and they show how far he’s come in his short time at Loyola University Chicago.
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Faculty Research
Quinlan faculty aids in Stritch research
Joint research from Quinlan and Stritch School of Medicine finds that patients are more willing to pay for testing that will give them a higher rate of cancer detection. READ MORE -
Finding might lead to better treatment for heart failure
Researchers say they’ve found the protein that’s key to how the heart pumps blood — a finding they say could one day result in new drugs being used to treat heart failure.READ MORE -
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Targeting bacteria in the gut might help burn and trauma patients
Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus scientists found that in patients who had suffered severe burns, there was a huge increase in Enterobacteriaceae, a family of potentially harmful bacteria. There was a corresponding decrease in beneficial bacteria that normally keep harmful bacteria in check.
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Antidepressants and Alzheimer’s disease drugs may boost recovery in stroke patients, Loyola researchers report
Evidence is mounting that drugs used to treat depression and Alzheimer’s disease also can help patients recover from strokesREAD MORE -
Loyola neurologist comments on study linking strokes in children to infections and inadequate vaccinations
Children who have suffered recent infections or have not received most or all of their vaccinations are at a higher risk for stroke, according to research published in the Sept. 30 issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.READ MORE
