Goldman Lab Continues Landmark Progeria Research Dr. Robert Goldman Robert Goldman, PhD, Stephen Walter Ranson Professor of Cell Biology and chair of the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, is well known for his pioneering research into the structure and function of the nuclear lamins, one subgroup of the large family of intermediate filament proteins.[…]

MEDICAL CAMPUS RESEARCH ENHANCES OUR HEALTH CHICAGO — Medical research enhances our health and the quality of our lives — from unlocking the mysterious trigger of Alzheimer’s disease to discovering a new treatment for stroke injury to developing new strategies for prevention of childhood and adult obesity. The medical campus institutions — Northwestern Memorial Hospital,[…]

STEM CELL TRANSPLANT REVERSES EARLY-STAGE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Dr. Richard Burt Researchers from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine appear to have reversed the neurological dysfunction of early-stage multiple sclerosis patients by transplanting their own immune stem cells into their bodies and thereby “resetting” their immune systems. “This is the first time we have turned the[…]