Author: medweb
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First-Year Student Expresses Optimism for the Future of Medicine
COVID-19 has altered Michael Chidueme’s first couple weeks on campus, but it’s also changed how he thinks about his future profession.
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High Blood Pressure Risky, Even for Young Adults
Several forms of hypertension are associated with higher risk of cardiovascular disease events, even in young adults, according to a recent study.
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Mixed Record on Lifestyle Advice for Pediatric Fatty Liver
Lifestyle advice has been only somewhat effective in controlling or slowing the progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children, according to a recent study published in Gastroenterology.
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New Strategy Could Boost Coronavirus Vaccine Effectiveness
Blocking the frontline immune response could improve vaccines against viral diseases such as coronaviruses, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.
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Advancing Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s
A novel deep brain stimulation device significantly improved quality of life for patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease while also reducing common physical side effects from medication, according to findings published in The Lancet Neurology.
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Exploring an Iron-based Alternative to Chemotherapy
Iron nanoparticles could be one day used to attack cancer cells, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine study.
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New Machine-learning Method to Identify Chromatin Loops
A machine-learning program called Peakachu can reveal previously unknown chromatin loops, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications.
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AI-Enhanced Approach Offers New Hope for Earlier Autism Diagnoses
A Northwestern Medicine scientist and collaborators have used an AI-enhanced precision medicine approach to combine multiple views of human brain development as they seek to provide a roadmap for what causes subtypes of autism spectrum disorder.
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Inter-Organelle Contact Drives Calcium Transfer
Inter-organelle contacts drive calcium transfer from lysosomes to mitochondria, findings that lay out a possible therapeutic blueprint for neurological disorders.
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Analyzing Plasma Can Classify Brain Tumors
Measuring epigenetic signatures in blood plasma could help classify brain tumors, according to a study published in Nature Medicine.
