Month: February 2024
-
Neuronal Diversity Impacts the Brain’s Information Processing
Northwestern Medicine investigators have revealed new insights into the impact of neuronal structural diversity on neural computation, the basis of brain function, according to a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
-
Rethinking the Burden of Cancer Treatments’ Side Effects
Even mild and moderate side effects can contribute to patients with cancer discontinuing their treatment, according to an analysis recently published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
-
Genes May Predict Treatment Resistance in Prostate Cancer
Increased expression of specific genes in prostate cancer patients may predict whether or not the cancer will respond well to hormone therapy, according to a new study published in Nature Communications.
-
Immune Genes Are Altered in Alzheimer’s Patients’ Blood
A new study has found the immune system in the blood of Alzheimer’s patients is epigenetically altered, and many of these altered genes are the same ones that increase an individual’s risk for Alzheimer’s.
-
Shedding Light on the Synaptic Complexities of Vision
An individual retinal cell can output more than one unique signal, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications, a finding which sheds new light on the complexities of how vision functions in mammals.
-
Human Longevity Lab Will Study Methods to Slow or Reverse Aging
Northwestern Medicine has launched the Human Longevity Laboratory, a longitudinal, cross-sectional study that will investigate the relationship between chronological age and biological age and validate interventions that may reverse or slow down the processes of aging.
-
How Research is Changing the Conversation about Obesity
In the last several years, anti-obesity medications have made an impression through wide media coverage and interest in their effectiveness. Feinberg investigators have been leading research on these drugs for the treatment of obesity and advocating for access to these medications for the patients who need it most.
-
Feinberg Faculty Inducted into American Society for Clinical Investigation
Four Feinberg faculty have been inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and three additional Feinberg faculty have been honored with the ASCI Young Physician-Scientist Award.
-
Wakschlag Honored With 2024 Paula H. Stern Award
Lauren Wakschlag, PhD, professor of Medical Social Sciences, Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, has been awarded the Paula H. Stern Award for Outstanding Women in Science and Medicine by the Northwestern Medical Women Faculty Organization.
-
Using Cancer’s Strength to Fight Against It
In findings published in Nature, scientists may have found a way around the limitations of engineered T-cells by borrowing a few tricks from cancer itself.
