Marla Paul is the senior health sciences editor for Northwestern University Media Relations. She is a veteran journalist, formerly a staff writer at the Chicago Sun-Times, and her writing has appeared in the Chicago Tribune and many national publications.
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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has established the Potocsnak Longevity Institute, an ambitious multi-center institute, with the goal of rapidly advancing the science of aging.
A new study has shown that the degeneration of brain motor neurons in ALS is not merely a byproduct of the spinal motor neuron degeneration, and is a target for future treatments for the disease.
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a new biomarker to identify which patients with brain tumors called glioblastomas — the most common and malignant of primary brain tumors — might benefit from immunotherapy.
A new Northwestern Medicine study has uncovered herpes’ sneaky strategy for infecting the nervous system, opening a path to long-needed vaccine development for the virus.
The ability to learn novel physical movements, similar to those taught in rehabilitation for people with stroke, can be improved by reactivating specific memories of the new task during sleep, according to a new study.
A new Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature explains why dopamine neurons are lost in Parkinson’s disease, and demonstrated that a gene therapy targeting the brain’s substantia nigra can substantially boost the benefits of levodopa, an important medication for treating the disease.
A newly discovered cause of balding in aging male mice could reveal a cause of hair loss in men and women as well, reports a study from Northwestern Medicine scientists.
Northwestern is part of the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium, a $185 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) project that will explore the millions of genetic variants that cause disease around the world.
Hypertension that leads to vascular dementia in older adults begins to impact the brain by middle age, according to a new study, the first to show the process beginning so early.
Northwestern Medicine physician-scientist Amy Heimberger, MD, has been named by President Biden to the National Cancer Advisory Board, which plays an important role in setting the course for the nation’s cancer research programs.